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park, until the opposite end across from Serendra, Essensa, and McKinley Hill
to name a few.
The Bonifacio High Street is one of the newest commercial areas at the
Bonifacio Global City (BGC). Several retail shops and dining establishments
have already started their operations at the Bonifacio High Street. Condo unit
owners
definitely enjoy this newest
commercial
area in the metropolis!
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carefree society. By the second decade of the 20th century, a new architectural form manifested and enveloped
itself in Philippine Soil. ART DECO was introduced, adopted and born.
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Architectural Heritage Tours destinations and tour guides/facilitators:
2.. Art Deco Tour - by Arch. Manolo Noche
3.. FEU / Gota de Leche Tour - by Arch . Augusto Villalon
4.. Quiapo / San Sebastian Church - Dr. Fernando Zialcita and Ms. Tina Paterno

The Rizal Stadium, the National Sports

The Art Deco “steamship” style is evident in
the Nicanor Reyes Hall, FEU’s flagship and
oldest building inside the campus.

Metropolitan Theater, Manila

2. ART DECO TOUR - By Arch. Manolo Noche
Tour destinations: Rizal Memorial Stadium, Drive along Taft and see Masonic
Temple, Stop along Pedro Gill and see Paco Building, Drive along San Marcelino
and view old Meralco Building, Drive by Quezon Bridge and Stop at Times Theatre,
FEU, Walk along Avenida Rizal and ends in Metropolitan Theatre.
Designed by Arsenio and Juan Arellano, it was completed in 1917. Found
besides Loyola Street in Sampaloc Manila, this former milk station for the poor
people now houses an NGO. It was restored by Archt. Augusto Villalon in 2003
where it won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award.

Gota de Leche (Manila)

Today, the charitable organization of Gota de Leche continues to provide services to the area's indigent
families. A part of the building's space is leased to an NGO organization on women's rights, while its main facilities
and grounds are rented for private functions.

The Administration Building at FEU

FEU Institute of Nursing

The Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts,
FEU-East Asia College

THE FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

FEU / GOTA DE LECHE TOUR - By Arch. Augusto Villalon
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Quiapo is a district and city square of Manila. Referred
as the "Old Downtown", Quiapo in known for where
cheap buys or goods are being sold at rock-bottom prices and was the home of the Quiapo Church, where the feast
for the Black Nazarene is held, with over millions of people attending annually.

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