Help rebuild the Metropolitan Theater


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When I saw Miss Lautner blog about the rebuilding of the Metropolitan Theater, I thought the rebuilding was already completed and people could actually see cultural shows and other theatrical performances inside. Curious, I gave myself the task of actually going to the place to see how it was transformed from it’s ruined state to what I thought to be a genuine political deed.

Today, despite the heavy rains, I went left Tagaytay to go and see the current state of the Metropolitan Theatre in Manila only to see this:

Bawal umehi dito may parosa

HAHAHA! This is just one of the many “graffitis” that can be seen painted all over the cracking walls around the Metropolitan Theater.

Okay, let’s give Mayor Alfredo Lim and the then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a break. There really is some improvement at the front hall of the Metropolitan Theater. The front, perhaps the main entrance, has been repainted and probably the lobby and whatever resides there has been renovated. Unfortunately, it was closed this afternoon so I wasn’t able to see the changes made.

Metropolitan Theatre

If we could just crop the range of our human vision, we could actually see that the theatre has been really reconstructed and all we can see is how its original beauty has been, at last, restored to it’s original glory.

But truth isn’t always very kind. Beyond that small reconstruction are walls dying to be reconstructed.

Metropolitan Theatre

From the left wing of the theater, we could see these:

Metropolitan Theatre

Metropolitan Theatre
I didn’t dare to zoom the lens of my camphone or come closer because all of us wouldn’t want to have those things captured on any camera.

Metropolitan Theatre

This one’s taken from the right wing. I think this used to be the theater cafeteria.

Metropolitan Theatre

Here are some photos from the rear side of the theatre:

Metropolitan Theatre

Metropolitan Theatre

I believe this used to be the main exit or the back door.

Metropolitan Theatre

The space at the back side of the Metropolitan Theatre now only serve as a parking lot.

Metropolitan Theatre

I know what I’ve written are bad for the old theater’s image. But that is the sad truth. I believe the Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and the rest of the city council is on their way to rebuild the Metropolitan Theater. We could just see from the posters plastered on almost every corner that they are actually doing something to rebuild what used to be a center for cultural arts. Let’s just all hope that all those posters will not just remain posters and that the old theater will be restored to it’s former, or better, glory.

Help build the Metropolitan Theater!

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  1. chuva’s avatar

    Oh my my my! Siguro nga kailangang ikampanya pa natin na ma-i-restore na ang Metropolitan Theater.

    “Bumuo naman si Lim ng isang komite na mamamahala sa programa para sa restorasyon ng MET kung saan tinatayang aabot sa P50 milyon ang kakailanging pondo para makumpuni ang teatro.”

    Sana naman, buong buo ang 50M na maigastos sa MET at hindi kalahati lang dahil sa kurakot.

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    1. Kotsengkuba’s avatar

      e ang tagal nang project nyan, panahon pa ni bulilit. hanggang ngayon project parin. kung sa school yan dropped ka na dapat. hahaha

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  2. FreeManBluep’s avatar

    At talagang pumunta ka pa dyan ha, hahaha

    Dyan dati ginagawa ang “Vilma” variety show

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    1. Kotsengkuba’s avatar

      hahaha. galing kase ko somewhere in ortigas ave. tapos jan ako dumirecho para din sana sumakay sa park n ride. kaso naka-ban pala ni mayor lim lahat ng provincial buses kaya nag-LRT pa ko papuntang edsa taft. buset nga e.

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  3. FreeManBluep’s avatar

    Oo binan nga. sa Buendia ako nasakay, mas convenient kesa pupunta pa dyan sa lawton. Ang lagkit kaya dyan sa Maynila lalo na sa may City Hall, puro usok LOL

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    1. Kotsengkuba’s avatar

      ano bang problema nyang si lim? parang pilit nyang pinababagsak yung mga ipinatayo ni atienza. e puro dirty harry tactics lang naman ang ginagawa nya ngayon. di tulad nung una syang umupo sa manila.

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  4. carlotta’s avatar

    so glad to see that the met’s restoration is underway. i certainly don’t want to see another of manila’s remaining pre-war gems go to ruins.

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  5. tsiremo | ONESCOOP’s avatar

    Parang naalala ko yung mga kalye sa Bangladesh..tsk

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    1. Kotsengkuba’s avatar

      are you currently in bangladesh?

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