Comments on: The story of a boardwalk http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/ Family & Social Issues, Education & Culture, Life & Celebrations! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kongkong622 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8566 Kongkong622 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:17:09 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8566 We still miss those dinosaurs. You have to admit, those dinosaurs and all those establishments somehow brought Manila back to life. We still miss those dinosaurs. You have to admit, those dinosaurs and all those establishments somehow brought Manila back to life.

]]> By: Major Tom http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8563 Major Tom Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:45:17 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8563 I feel saddened by this. Manileños did have a very good place to while away, without expending so much hard-earned money. Now, a good thing went away. I feel saddened by this. Manileños did have a very good place to while away, without expending so much hard-earned money. Now, a good thing went away.

]]> By: Sidney http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8561 Sidney Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:22:36 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8561 Manila and its people are strong (stubborn , ;-), I guess the boardwalk will be back in the future... Manila and its people are strong (stubborn , ;-), I guess the boardwalk will be back in the future…

]]> By: Lisa http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8552 Lisa Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:36:58 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8552 Hi, Dewey, now Roxas Boulevard, WAS patterned after Lake Shore Drive complete with service roads and a yacht club. What we have done with it is a shame! The reclaimed area would have been great if we could promenade along the shore, much like those in Chicago enjoy Lake Michigan, but no! CCP alone would have looked like it was floating had Marcos and Imelda not built so many buildings beside and behind it. Now there's (yet another) road named after Macapagal Boulevard and we're to make the area compete with Macau in gambling! As for Lito Atienza, I felt the lights were not elegant, and neither were the businesses there. Those giant coffee and soda advertisements were plain distracting. They all did obstruct the magnificent view. He should have followed Ming Ramos' tasteful restoration of the bridges over Pasig River (whatever happened to that project?), and continued with Intramuros project instead. The businesses there dismantled their shacks without waiting to be torn down, not so much because they wanted to save whatever they could, but it seems that they were there rent-free and contract-free somehow. I believe Lim's plan for the baywalk (not board walk as there are no floorboards like Atlantic City has) is better, in that he plans to hold cultural activities. We Filipinos should appreciate open spaces more. We tend to fill up all possible land (and sea) with what we love to call 'infrastructure' or 'development.' Lastly, I like the U-turn slots, hate the polka dotted urinals. They should just threaten to 'bobbitize' Filipino males who insist on bringing out their bobbits in public. :) Hi,

Dewey, now Roxas Boulevard, WAS patterned after Lake Shore Drive complete with service roads and a yacht club. What we have done with it is a shame! The reclaimed area would have been great if we could promenade along the shore, much like those in Chicago enjoy Lake Michigan, but no! CCP alone would have looked like it was floating had Marcos and Imelda not built so many buildings beside and behind it. Now there’s (yet another) road named after Macapagal Boulevard and we’re to make the area compete with Macau in gambling!

As for Lito Atienza, I felt the lights were not elegant, and neither were the businesses there. Those giant coffee and soda advertisements were plain distracting. They all did obstruct the magnificent view. He should have followed Ming Ramos’ tasteful restoration of the bridges over Pasig River (whatever happened to that project?), and continued with Intramuros project instead.

The businesses there dismantled their shacks without waiting to be torn down, not so much because they wanted to save whatever they could, but it seems that they were there rent-free and contract-free somehow.

I believe Lim’s plan for the baywalk (not board walk as there are no floorboards like Atlantic City has) is better, in that he plans to hold cultural activities. We Filipinos should appreciate open spaces more. We tend to fill up all possible land (and sea) with what we love to call ‘infrastructure’ or ‘development.’

Lastly, I like the U-turn slots, hate the polka dotted urinals. They should just threaten to ‘bobbitize’ Filipino males who insist on bringing out their bobbits in public. :)

]]> By: eric aka senor enrique http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8548 eric aka senor enrique Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:51:12 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8548 Update: the lights are back on the lamp posts, but you're still on your own when crossing the boulevard -- no traffic lights still. Update: the lights are back on the lamp posts, but you’re still on your own when crossing the boulevard — no traffic lights still.

]]> By: liz http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8542 liz Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:29:52 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8542 also, Burnhman did not come to redesign a devastated Manila after the war---he was dead by 1912 according to Wikipedia. also, Burnhman did not come to redesign a devastated Manila after the war—he was dead by 1912 according to Wikipedia.

]]> By: liz http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8541 liz Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:19:42 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8541 "In 1904, Secretary of War Taft told W. Cameron Forbes, a member of the Philippine Commission, to secure the services of a city planner. Forbes went to the top and got Daniel Burnham to come and lay out a plan for the place. Burnham spent maybe six weeks looking around; of equal importance, he then recommended a protege, who stayed on for a decade to implement the Burnham Plan. The plan is typical of Burnham's work--neoclassical buildings connected by treed boulevards and great swaths of lawn. More significantly, perhaps, Burnham worked hard to preserve the Spanish colonial city he found. Rather than replace it, he concentrated his efforts on the south and east margins of Intramuros--the landward sides. As he wrote, the colonial buildings were "especially interesting and in view of their beauty and practical suitability to local conditions could profitably be taken as examples of future structures." It's a very early case of a Western planner respecting the city he's been hired to improve. Of course, Burnham was really preserving a European city in Asia, which is not so startling as the idea of preserving an Asian city. Still, it was a pioneering venture. (Burnham's words are quoted from Thomas S. Hines, "American Modernism in the Philippines: The Forgotten Architecture of William E. Parsons," J. of the Soc. of Arch. Historians, December 1973.)" http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=355&chapterid=904&picturesize=medium “In 1904, Secretary of War Taft told W. Cameron Forbes, a member of the Philippine Commission, to secure the services of a city planner. Forbes went to the top and got Daniel Burnham to come and lay out a plan for the place. Burnham spent maybe six weeks looking around; of equal importance, he then recommended a protege, who stayed on for a decade to implement the Burnham Plan. The plan is typical of Burnham’s work–neoclassical buildings connected by treed boulevards and great swaths of lawn. More significantly, perhaps, Burnham worked hard to preserve the Spanish colonial city he found. Rather than replace it, he concentrated his efforts on the south and east margins of Intramuros–the landward sides. As he wrote, the colonial buildings were “especially interesting and in view of their beauty and practical suitability to local conditions could profitably be taken as examples of future structures.” It’s a very early case of a Western planner respecting the city he’s been hired to improve. Of course, Burnham was really preserving a European city in Asia, which is not so startling as the idea of preserving an Asian city. Still, it was a pioneering venture. (Burnham’s words are quoted from Thomas S. Hines, “American Modernism in the Philippines: The Forgotten Architecture of William E. Parsons,” J. of the Soc. of Arch. Historians, December 1973.)”

http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=355&chapterid=904&picturesize=medium

]]> By: tutubi http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8536 tutubi Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:16:26 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8536 right you are. BF is one thinking guy that can really implement things. he's not popular with the masses though because he's not a politician when dealing with them. wish the whole pinas can emulate marikina's example right you are. BF is one thinking guy that can really implement things. he’s not popular with the masses though because he’s not a politician when dealing with them.

wish the whole pinas can emulate marikina’s example

]]> By: carlosc http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8524 carlosc Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:41:56 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8524 Hi there! Love your article. But I believe Burnham came to Manila after the spanish revolution in Manila. By wwII he was dead already. Cheers! Yes. I agree with you. Bayani could be the saviour of Manila if it was possible. Hi there! Love your article. But I believe Burnham came to Manila after the spanish revolution in Manila. By wwII he was dead already.

Cheers! Yes. I agree with you. Bayani could be the saviour of Manila if it was possible.

]]> By: lawstude http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8523 lawstude Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:53:00 +0000 http://timeandtide.prepys.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-story-of-a-boardwalk/#comment-8523 i feel lucky that i had the chance to visit and even post pics of baywalk in my blog before its too late. it is such a pity that the place may go to waste. anyways, miss ur posts and always take care rhodora. i feel lucky that i had the chance to visit and even post pics of baywalk in my blog before its too late. it is such a pity that the place may go to waste. anyways, miss ur posts and always take care rhodora.

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