Walking in the present, imagining the past,In a vanished time, this forgotten street in San Nicolas was lined with trees and ba...

Walking in the present, imagining the past,
In a vanished time, this forgotten street in San Nicolas was lined with trees and bahay-na-bato with red-tile roofs lined up to produce a vista of the spires of the Manila Cathedral in the distance. All that has given way to buildings, electric wires, and parked vehicles. The loss is not just visual, ambient noise from cars, unmuffled motorcycles, honking horns etc. won't allow us to hear and be blessed by the pealing of the Cathedral bells.



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