The City of Manila under Mayor Joseph Estrada has successfully restored and renovated several fountains, which the previous administration had left neglected, in time for the expected increase in the number of local and foreign tourists during the Christmas season.
Estrada said the fountains, equipped with colored lights, provide added attractions to Manila’s tourist spots, especially at nighttime.
“Christmas is the time of the year where people go out with their families and loved ones, and many tourists will come and have a vacation here, not to mention the Christmas shoppers,” the Manila mayor said, “so this is why we have renovated our fountains and public parks.”
The fountains have been beautifully restored that it attracted not only weary spectators and travelers, but also people who want to cool down by plunging into them which the city government does not tolerate, according to Arsenic Lacson, Jr., officer-in-charge of the Manila Parks Development Office.
“Ang problema natin ngayon, nililiguan. Mayroon pa ngang naglalaba (Our problem is that they take a bath here. The also do their laundry),” Lacson, however, lamented.
MPDO is tasked to maintain and spruce up fountain plazas and public spaces, side streets and center islands, and historic monuments.
Eight such fountains have been renovated and beautified by the city government. These are located at the Raja Sulayman Park, Remedios Circle, Sta. Cruz Plaza, Plaza Gomburza across National Museum, Plaza Balagtas, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, Plaza Hernandez, and at Mehan Garden, according to Lacson.
The MPDO is also pushing for the rehabilitation of two more fountains in Plaza Calderon near Sta. Ana Church.
“During the time of Mayor Lito Atienza, all the parks look beautiful. When Lim entered, that’s the time it was neglected. Fountains were not working),” Lacson pointed out.
“Fountains instantly beautify a place. And when the place is beautiful, clean and maintained properly, it attracts tourists, boosts businesses, and generates jobs. The development of our parks is an instant visual testament to the city’s development and prosperity,” Lacson said about the continued efforts of regaining the splendor of Manila’s public recreation spaces.
In line with his urban renewal agenda of restoring the lost glory and grandeur of Manila, Estrada has ordered the renovation of the capital city’s cultural and heritage parks, including the fountain plazas, and allocated P100 million for this purpose.
Once known as the “Pearl of the Orient,” Manila has 48 parks and monuments - all that remained of the old Manila’s pre-war and colonial architecture. A number of these have been converted to children’s playgrounds.
Among the parks and plazas that underwent major facelift as per Estrada’s directive are Plaza Rueda and Bonifacio Shrine along Taft Avenue, Plaza Hernandez in Tondo, Plaza De Virge in Pandacan, Plaza Hugo in Sta. Ana, and Plaza Guerrero across the US Embassy, among others.
Recently, MPDO has inaugurated the newly renovated Plaza Oliva Salamanca at Taft Avenue in Ermita, which was named after Dr. Olivia Salamanca, one of the country’s first female doctors. She died in 1913 at the age of 24.
Estrada said the fountains, equipped with colored lights, provide added attractions to Manila’s tourist spots, especially at nighttime.
“Christmas is the time of the year where people go out with their families and loved ones, and many tourists will come and have a vacation here, not to mention the Christmas shoppers,” the Manila mayor said, “so this is why we have renovated our fountains and public parks.”
The fountains have been beautifully restored that it attracted not only weary spectators and travelers, but also people who want to cool down by plunging into them which the city government does not tolerate, according to Arsenic Lacson, Jr., officer-in-charge of the Manila Parks Development Office.
“Ang problema natin ngayon, nililiguan. Mayroon pa ngang naglalaba (Our problem is that they take a bath here. The also do their laundry),” Lacson, however, lamented.
MPDO is tasked to maintain and spruce up fountain plazas and public spaces, side streets and center islands, and historic monuments.
Eight such fountains have been renovated and beautified by the city government. These are located at the Raja Sulayman Park, Remedios Circle, Sta. Cruz Plaza, Plaza Gomburza across National Museum, Plaza Balagtas, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, Plaza Hernandez, and at Mehan Garden, according to Lacson.
The MPDO is also pushing for the rehabilitation of two more fountains in Plaza Calderon near Sta. Ana Church.
“During the time of Mayor Lito Atienza, all the parks look beautiful. When Lim entered, that’s the time it was neglected. Fountains were not working),” Lacson pointed out.
“Fountains instantly beautify a place. And when the place is beautiful, clean and maintained properly, it attracts tourists, boosts businesses, and generates jobs. The development of our parks is an instant visual testament to the city’s development and prosperity,” Lacson said about the continued efforts of regaining the splendor of Manila’s public recreation spaces.
In line with his urban renewal agenda of restoring the lost glory and grandeur of Manila, Estrada has ordered the renovation of the capital city’s cultural and heritage parks, including the fountain plazas, and allocated P100 million for this purpose.
Once known as the “Pearl of the Orient,” Manila has 48 parks and monuments - all that remained of the old Manila’s pre-war and colonial architecture. A number of these have been converted to children’s playgrounds.
Among the parks and plazas that underwent major facelift as per Estrada’s directive are Plaza Rueda and Bonifacio Shrine along Taft Avenue, Plaza Hernandez in Tondo, Plaza De Virge in Pandacan, Plaza Hugo in Sta. Ana, and Plaza Guerrero across the US Embassy, among others.
Recently, MPDO has inaugurated the newly renovated Plaza Oliva Salamanca at Taft Avenue in Ermita, which was named after Dr. Olivia Salamanca, one of the country’s first female doctors. She died in 1913 at the age of 24.
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