Category Archives: Quezon City
MOWELFUND complex: reflecting the state of Philippine Cinema
So much has been said and written about the current state of Philippine cinema, many of these even conflict with one another. While this blog will leave it to the cinephiles to discuss this matter further, a visit to one of the institutions related to this industry can help one gain a better understanding about …
roaming the neighborhood: Sikatuna, Teachers, and UP Villages
While Quezon City may not have ended up being the nation’s planned capital city as its “father” Manuel L. Quezon hoped it to be, it still managed to grow and develop, thanks in part to the various real estate developers who built village after village almost throughout the city after the war. Some villages in …
Welcome! Mabuhay! (AKA that Rotonda in Quezon City)
There’s something about how Metro Manila loves rotondas, if the presence of a number of rotondas in the metropolis can be taken as evidence of such. Even though some of these places no longer have the physical rotondas, the presence of rotondas in those places before still live on in memory. (Take for instance the …
From ABC to TV5: a history thru places
October marks the anniversary of the Philippine television industry which first made its mark in 1953. As its own to commemorate the milestones of the Philippine media, (broadcast media in particular) this blog will dedicate this month writing some interesting tidbits and places in broadcast history, past and present. Long considered as titans in the …
