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The Streets of Ermita Antonio Villegas Street (Calle Arroceros) Roxas Boulevard (Dewey Boulevard) Taft Avenue Paseo Padre Burgos (Paseo de las Aguadas) T.M. Kalaw Avenue (Calle San Luis Calle Padre Faura (Calle Observatorio) United Nations Avenue (Calle Isaac Peral) Pedro Gil Street (Calle Herran) You may want to read: Ermita Supreme Court Ermita Manila

Completed in 1983, The Atrium of Makati is a low-rise building located in Makati City. It is primarily used for office spaces and is designed in a brutalist architectural style. From the outside, the Atrium of Makati appears to be the podium part of a skyscraper, with the tower part missing. It has an exterior … Read more

Plaza Santa Ana en el arrabal de San Sebastian (Plaza Santa Ana in the suburb of San Sebastian) San Sebastian was one of Manila’s arrabales or suburbs due to its distant location outside the Walled City of Intramuros. Felix Laureano also took photographs of Manila’s other arrabales such as Paco, Tondo, Ermita, and Malate. This … Read more

San Lazaro Fire Station (May 16, 1905) The seventh fire station to be established in Manila by the Americans. Located along Avenida Rizal, the original two-storey wooden structure served the northern areas of Santa Cruz up to Caloocan. The structure survived World War II but was eventually demolished and replaced with a modern structure. The … Read more

Tondo Fire Station (August 25, 1904) The sixth fire station to be established in Manila by the Americans. The station served the notoriously fire-prone district of Tondo. It was originally located near Tondo Public School but was relocated in 1912 to its current location facing Plaza Leon XIII. The new station had a similar design … Read more