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Maynila Noon (Old Manila) - Visitors can learn about history by looking at artifacts and simulated exhibits depicting turn-of-the-century Manila. Paglaki Ko (Career Options) - Showcases various careers and encourages visitors to visualize themselves doing a particular career.
Intramuros is the only district of Manila where old Spanish-era influences are still plentiful. Fort Santiago is now a well-maintained park and popular tourist destination. Adjacent to Fort Santiago is the reconstructed Maestranza Wall, which was removed by the Americans in 1903 to widen the wharves thus opening the city to Pasig River.
Escolta Street (Spanish: Calle de la Escolta) is a historic east–west street in the old downtown district of Binondo in Manila, Philippines.It runs parallel to the Pasig River from Quintin Paredes Road (Plaza Moraga) to Plaza Santa Cruz Road (Plaza Lacson).
The Old City Hall of Manila. First constructed from 1735 to 1738. Bureau of Treasury (Ayuntamiento), Plaza Roma, Cabildo St. Filipino September 1989 Ang Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands [36] The Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands Established on April 19, 1886, to improve commerce, industry, and trade in the country.
The First United Building Community Museum was established to honor the wish of Sy Lian Teng, the family patriarch, to set up a museum using his collection of old photos and other archival materials. The museum opened in May 2015. [5] It features Escolta's history as a major shopping and financial district in Manila. [6]
The Legislative Building during the 1930s. The building was originally designed by the Bureau of Public Works (precursor of the Department of Public Works and Highways) Consulting Architect Ralph Harrington Doane [4] and Antonio Toledo in 1918, and was intended to be the future home of the National Library of the Philippines, according to the Plan of Manila of Daniel H. Burnham. [5]
The Don Roman Santos Building is a neoclassical building located along the historic Escolta Street in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It fronts Plaza Lacson (formerly Plaza Goiti) which leads to directly to Carriedo Street or to Rizal Avenue. It was built in 1894 and expanded in 1957. National historical marker installed in 1977
The building was constructed as the Agriculture and Commerce Building in 1940. It was designed in the Neoclassical style by Filipino architect Antonio Toledo in the late 1930s, having the same dimensions and floor plan as its twin building located at the side of the circle, the Finance Building.