It was once a respectable and distinguished establishment called The Metropolitan Theatre.
Designed by Juan Arellano during 1930's.
I did some post awhile back, but from afar, see here. 
Looking closely at its patterns and details.
Beautiful Art Deco leftovers in this structure, as molds and mildew starts proliferating. 
almost 6 months after, the place is clearly abandoned,
the structure, dilapidated than ever and worst,
housed by vagrants and illegal settlers.
A pity that until now, it has been overlooked by the government.
These are great images of a wonderful place Arabesque. It is a pity to see it like that.
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame, it looks gorgeous under the mildew
ReplyDeletewhat a sad fate for a really beautiful structure.
ReplyDeleteOh that is such a shame Arabesque. You can see under the decay that it was once and still is to some degree, a very beautiful building! Hopefully at some point in the future it will be renovated. So well documented here for us Arabesque, nice work!
ReplyDeleteWith all honesty, I've never been to this place during my colleges days. It is such a shame that our government is neglecting such beautiful building. Hopefully matapos na ang Pnoy-GMA issue at pagtuunan na lang ang mga importanteng bagay.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shaame for this beautiful building. I guess the inside must also be (have been?) something! You must start a campaign for saving it; this is maybe the first step! :-)
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