public spaces

Newly renovated Lagusnilad underpass has Baybayin signs but not all netizens are happy about it

Yesterday, Manila City unveiled the newly renovated Lagusnilad or Manila Underpass. The product of a…

OPINION: Mayor Isko Moreno’s idea of ‘reviving’ a park—a free public space—is putting up a coffee shop. Really?

While Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso may be one of the better leaders out there especially…

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A breakdown of the proposed “New Normal” bill

Eight house leaders have filed a bill defining the “new normal” due to the COVID-19…

Malls, Filipinos’ favorite “faux public space,” will not be the same under quarantine

The richest persons in the Philippines own malls (among their many other assets). That should…

LOOK: Village of domed installations made from reclaimed hardwood rises in New Clark City

After hosting the quite controversial Southeast Asian Games, what is left of the equally contentious…

The Manila City Library is proof that public spaces aren’t gov’t priority

As one of the primary public spaces in the country’s capital, one expects the Manila…

Parks, plazas and other public spaces are vanishing right before our eyes

Perhaps the greatest argument for the protection of the public spaces still intact in the…

If we had good public spaces, we wouldn’t have tambays

Another week, another war against the poor. It’s been roughly two weeks since President Rodrigo…