SAVE EL HOGAR!

   Shocking news was heard last November 6 for the Heritage conservation supporters. El Hogar Building in Escolta Manila is now being demolished by Manila City Hall.

photo from urban sketchers website

 I have only passed by this building when I was commuting around Binondo, the beauty of the beaux-arts style building along Escolta creates a different feeling as to the normal Art Deco and Neo-classic styled building in the area.

Photo by David Montasco

image from skyscrapercity.com

    El Hogar Filipino Building or better known as El Hogar was built in 1914. It it located in Juan Luna St. cor. Muelle de Industria in Binondo district. The Building was a wedding gift for the union of a Zobel daughter and a Peruvian Count. El Hogar was built in Beaux Arts style, it originally houses the Ayala Life Insurance company, it survived the Second World War and was bought by the Fernandez Family who still runs the building.

  Manila is a culture-rich society that lost its gems to commercialism and the so-called "economic development" built by graft and corruption. This is a never ending fight for Heritage conservationists to save the precious jewels of the city from the hands of some inconsiderate developers and ignorant officials.  
 
  2014 is not a good year for heritage buildings as several buildings were mercilessly demolished without much ado. It is so sad that these buildings represented the beauty of the city will be just demolished for money's sake.

#saveelhogar,