One Sunday in Escolta’s creative space Hub: Make Lab, we met full-time professional photographer Jovel Lorenzo of Box Camera Ph. He’s been in the photography business for 20 years now,
Escolta was alive and kicking the last time we passed by. It was getting close to midnight, but the lights were still on at the First United Building, the 1928
Before the all-under-one-roof retail mall came into being, particular areas or streets were often designated for particular items and products. In pre- and early postwar Manila, there was Carriedo for shoes, Raon for music, Divisoria for fabrics, and Central Market for fresh produce.
When retired photojournalist José Enrique “Derek” Soriano and I opened the second branch of our dive bar Fred’s Revolucion in Escolta—arguably Manila’s oldest street in the world’s oldest Chinatown—it was hard for me to accept that countless millennials had not heard of it.
The next best thing to flying to Bavaria for the famed Munich Oktoberfest is to head to Peninsula Manila’s restaurant Escolta, where “Oktoberfest, O’zapft is!” is ongoing till Oct. 22. (The expression “O’zapft is!” means “It’s tapped!” to announce the opening of the first keg of beer.)
Once dubbed as the “Queen of Manila Streets,” Escolta used to be a commercial and creative hub. Dotted with establishments such as Becks, the first Americanstyle department store to
IN 1976, the Philippines hosts the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Conference, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak establish Apple Computer Company, the US celebrates its bicentennial year and Peninsula Manila welcomes its first visitor.
Located in a grand old building in Escolta, Saturday Market x Future Market is buzzing with merchandise, from vintage clothes, books and collectibles to paintings, handmade accessories, postcards and knickknacks
Feb. 6 was a red-letter day for the Tesoro family which observed the birth centenary of matriarch Salud S. Tesoro. It was Salud and her
Heritage conservation groups and youth organizations are trying to bring back the glory of what was once dubbed the queen of streets, Escolta.
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