22/08/2024
There are landmarks in the city that are worthy of our gawks.
We travel to far-away lands to see and be seen with the famous landmarks. We may not know their histories and why they were built in the first place. But we go anyway. We wonder in awe but we wonder at the same time what the heck is this thing all about?…
But there are those landmarks in your own community where if you just stop for a few seconds and see things from a perspective of a stranger, you realize that you made a good stop.
And while we’re at it, let me recommend to the city mayors to make a local ordinance requiring new buildings to include a public art in front of their facades as part of the development of their structure. No public art, no building permit.
*Sultan Kudarat monument in Makati City