Fancy that

Here we are at the food court of Greenbelt, a mall at the Central Business District. Greenbelt got the Urban Land Institute's Award of Excellence, considered the "Oscars" in the real estate industry, for its design, innovation, and responsible land use. The other 2010 Awardees were Dragon Lake bridge Park in China, Newton Suites in Singapore, Rouse Hill Town Center in Australia and The Southern ridges in Singapore. Yay for Manila!

Blue and red

Here we are at Glorietta 5, the latest in the Glorietta chain of malls in Makati, the Central Business District. By day the facade is pretty ordinary, but at night it's a pretty blue and red display.

Puny

This is the Mall of Asia, the largest mall in the Philippines and the 3rd largest in the whole world. We're a shopping culture you see. It looks quite puny from here though.

On a side note

I wrote something about the Venice Piazza mall the other day. The mall is the newest mall to hit the metro and it really has a Venice theme, including an al fresco dining area where live bands would play.


On a side note, the first time I went there, a shooting for a commercial (or maybe it was for a film) was taking place. I wanted to take pictures of the actor and the actress (Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, two of the country's biggest stars) but they were being mobbed and my little point-and-shoot just couldn't hack it. Oh well.

In Venice

Well, not really THE Venice in Italy, but the Venice Piazza mall, in McKinley Hills, Taguig City.

Tiger

I pass by this window display every time I go to work. This is the window display of Rustan's Department Store. Rustan's is the premiere luxury department store in the Philippines, with products ranging from imported cosmetics, to home interiors, to clothing and jewelry. During the day, this window display is nothing extraordinary, but at night, when it's all lit up, it becomes this striking, red-orange tribute to the Chinese Year of the Tiger.