#Heritage Preservation Archives - Kanto

Her Story and Heritage: Meet the Manila Girls by Artist Kenny Tai

Art, Voices

Independent illustrator Kenny Tai reimagines Manila’s districts as bold, personified characters, combining humor and history to inspire a deeper appreciation for heritage

November 19, 2024

Storied Walls: Intramuros Now in UNESCO’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites

Built Heritage, Events

The walled city’s colonial urban plan and fortifications and six more cultural and natural sites made it to the Philippines’ recently updated UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

March 11, 2024

Locsin’s Nutrition Center of the Philippines Now an Important Cultural Property

Architecture, Built Heritage

NCCA says that the ICP declaration of the Nutrition Center “allows the Department of Transportation to undertake adaptive reuse to integrate this significant work of Locsin into the Senate-DepEd Station of the Metro Manila Subway”

January 26, 2024

Visual Elegy: Hans Malgapu on Documenting Cemeteries

Built Heritage, Spaces

Avid storyteller and taphophile Hans Malgapu is on a crusade to commemorate and preserve cemeteries and mausoleums through photography

October 31, 2023

First Steps: Manila Central Post Office Prepares for Restoration

Built Heritage, Spaces

PHLPost shares updates on Manila Central Post Office post-fire cleanup, restoration plans, and integration into a Manila ‘cultural circuit’

October 26, 2023

Beyond Convention: Philippine International Convention Center at 47

Built Heritage, Spaces

The Philippine International Convention Center celebrates 47 years of going beyond convention, hosting milestones for Filipinos of all stripes

October 12, 2023

Conservation Conversations: Breathing Life into El Hogar Filipino and Times Theater

Built Heritage

True and honest restoration is a must to reflect “the continuity of the past as presented by historic buildings” such as El Hogar Filipino and Times Theater in Manila, according to architect, professor, and heritage advocate Manolo Noche

June 9, 2023

Conservation Conversations: Philippine Heritage Structures Ripe for Rebirth

Built Heritage

Architects and heritage advocates identify two Locsin buildings among the heritage structures that are at risk of demolition or heavy alteration and propose methods for the structures’ conservation or resurrection

June 7, 2023

To Be Continued: Saving The Manila Central Post Office Building

Built Heritage

Erik Akpedonu and Tina Paterno of ICOMOS Philippines join the conversation on the Manila Post Office building and suggest measures for the landmark’s salvation and protection

May 25, 2023

To Whom It May Concern: The Manila Central Post Office Building Moving Forward

Built Heritage

Heritage advocates Gio Abcede, Stephen Pamorada, and architect Arts Serrano bare their thoughts on the recent Manila Post Office building fire and call for changes in the heritage conservation system

May 24, 2023

#Heritage Preservation

Her Story and Heritage: Meet the Manila Girls by Artist Kenny Tai

Storied Walls: Intramuros Now in UNESCO’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites

Locsin’s Nutrition Center of the Philippines Now an Important Cultural Property

Visual Elegy: Hans Malgapu on Documenting Cemeteries

First Steps: Manila Central Post Office Prepares for Restoration

Beyond Convention: Philippine International Convention Center at 47

Conservation Conversations: Breathing Life into El Hogar Filipino and Times Theater

Conservation Conversations: Philippine Heritage Structures Ripe for Rebirth

To Be Continued: Saving The Manila Central Post Office Building

To Whom It May Concern: The Manila Central Post Office Building Moving Forward

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