As I’ve mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was quite surprised when I found out what the view was like from the windows at the back of Hotel de Oriente in 1890 considering that Plaza Calderon de la Barca was already pretty much developed at the time.
With Hotel de Oriente fronting the plaza, it could only mean that the hotel’s back was facing towards the direction of C.M. Recto Avenue of today (considering that Hotel de Oriente’s building’s footprint was rectangular). If you’ve been to that area, I think you’d be as surprised as I was.
This was the view from Hotel de Oriente in 1890:
View from Hotel de Oriente in 1890 (courtesy of http://www.lib.umich.edu/)
Current map showing the location of what was once the Hotel de Oriente (map courtesy of http://www.directorymanila.net).
And here’s how the area looks now:
This is what the surroundings of Alvarado Street in Binondo looks like as of September 27, 2008 (as viewed from the bridge on Reina Regente Street). It really has not changed much in the past decade or so...
Map showing the area seen in the above photo (map courtesy of http://www.directorymanila.net).
And this:
This is what the surroundings of Alvarado Street in Binondo looks like as of September 27, 2008. It really has not changed much in the past decade or so...
Map showing the area seen in the above photo (map courtesy of http://www.directorymanila.net).
Note (on the use of old images):
Based on the “Access and Use Policy” on http://www.lib.umich.edu/ (from which I got the old image):
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