Backpacking Philippines: Pasig Riverbank Structures

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Pasig Riverbank Structures

On board with us during the tour was a Philippine Coast Guard with M-16 in tow to make sure we won't take pictures of Malacanang when we pass by splendid edifice that ironically-- gets flooded when the metro is flooded-- offering some sort of consolation that the president's home is also prone to the problems of the common folk

I don't have picture of Malacanang Palace, the Goldenberg Mansion and Mabini Shrine all visible when we passed by. the guard alighted upon reaching Mabini bridge.

Shown also on the photo are Quezon Bridge leading to Quiapo and green Arroceros Park, known as the city's last lung, haven of artists and birds, and site of a legal battle between Winner Foundation, the caretaker of the park, and Manila City government, (in)famous for tearing down heritage structures.

El Hogar Filipino 1914 Beaux-Arts style buidling. I can only imagine how grand this building would have been in its heyday. This is also a favorite venue for shooting music videos of Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo et al as well as commercials-- even the current "Kapuso Walang Kinikilingan" boast has this building as a background! Old headquarters of HSBC is also visible behind the building

the Neo-Classical Pacific Commercial Bulding right across El Hogar

the colorful Gawad Kalinga community on the Mandaluyong riverbank near Guadalupe, said to be the Filipino's legacy to the world and a brainchild of Tony Meloto (hope to volunteer someday for this worthy endeavor). It was said the house owners were given different colors of paint resulting to a multitude of colors

the imposing Makati City Hall with fishermen in a small banca providing contrast to the house of power and simple folks of the country's commercial capital

other pictures I made into a slideshow to save on bandwidth and for added impact :)

next in line: Bridges of Pasig and its riverine inhabitants
until next time, folks!

Related Posts:

Pasig River Cruise,
Pasig River Lighthouse,
People of Pasig,
Bridges of Pasig River.

Labels: Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Pasig River, Rivers

posted by GingGoy @ 9:34 PM,

12 Comments:

At Feb 9, 2007, 12:17:00 PM, Sebastiane said...: Will be waiting for the next post.

Whatever you've shown here made me miss Pinas even more ... So much.

Kamusta ka?
At Feb 9, 2007, 3:14:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Wow! Nice shots! You captured Manila nicely :)

Will be back later to read your other posts... :)
At Feb 10, 2007, 1:27:00 PM, Anonymous said...: ayos ng mga shots ah... wheeww nakakamiss nga ang pinas..

lagi bang nakaharap sayo ang coast guard.. dapat pinasimplehan mo lang kuhanan ang malacanan palace hahahah
At Feb 10, 2007, 3:26:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Great pictures! You really have to look clearly to see that our country is beautiful. Parang Venice - especially the El Hogar and the Pacific Commercial Building pictures. Just wondering... how does it smell?
At Feb 11, 2007, 1:12:00 AM, Anonymous said...: di man perfect pero malaki na ang inilinis ng pasig ilong, nakakapag boat na ngayon, dati punong puno ito ng water lily at di ka tatagal sa amoy. nice pic of the river and some structures along the river.
At Feb 11, 2007, 1:14:00 AM, Anonymous said...: naalala ko nakunan ko na rin ng picture yung concepcion village, pero di sing tingkad ng kulay ng kuha mo. curious ako ano ibig sabihin yung isa pang water mark sa pictures mo, parang arabic ang style.
At Feb 12, 2007, 11:42:00 AM, carlotta1924 said...: needless to say, el hogar is my most favorite building in binondo. have you gone inside?
At Feb 12, 2007, 7:06:00 PM, GingGoy said...: Kyels,

terimah kasi

sasha,

thanks for dropping by

kneeko,

baka mputukan ako armalite mahirap na :)

toe and cruise,

wala amoy as in or baka immune na ko

iskoo,

i really need a new lens to make my pics sharper. my kit lens is slow :(

those characters is just my name written in Baybayin--the ancient Filipino script popularly, but erroneously called Alibata

Carlota,

yes, ganda ng stairs ng el hogar with griffins. it must've been a really grand building french-inspired.

but the interiors are flooded with that dank smell typical of old buildings
At Feb 13, 2007, 4:50:00 AM, Karlo de Leon said...: no wonder Ivan Henares is excited about walking the banks of Pasig River. He's been bugging me to go. Now, i think i'd want that tour.
At Feb 18, 2007, 2:40:00 PM, GingGoy said...: welcome to my site Karlo, so you and Ivan went there? he also has a great blog and been around the country to my envy :)
At Nov 27, 2008, 1:43:00 AM, Anonymous said...: This photo has captured the El Hogar building to give a nostalgic feeling to the viewer. Can someone, or the city government do something to help preserve such a beautiful structure? Thanks to the photographer, a feeling of pride was instilled. HELP PLEASE!
At Nov 29, 2008, 11:11:00 AM, GingGoy said...: anonymous, the Heritage Conservation Society is is talks with the City of Manila for this advocacy :P

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