Chino Roces Avenue (Makati) – Makati’s “Industrial Makeover

Chino Roces: Where Makati’s Past and Future Collide

  • Factory Relics: Industrial buildings turned co-working spaces
  • Traffic Light Fiction: Green means “go if the trucks allow”
  • UV Express Gauntlet: Vans playing chicken with delivery trucks
  • Gentrification Frontline: Where carinderias meet craft breweries
  • Rainy Season: Turns potholes into urban ponds
  • Street Food Roulette: Will it be artisanal or artery-clogging?
  • Overpass Challenge: Daily obstacle course for pedestrians
  • Construction Zone: Permanent since the rebranding began
  • Sidewalk Bazaar: Selling both machine parts and macchiatos
  • Neighborhood Watch: Factory workers and hipsters in uneasy truce
  • Coffee Shop Economy: Where ?200 lattes fuel the creative class
  • Motorcycle Madness: Lane splitting between Grab food deliveries
  • Weekend Market: When pop-ups replace auto shops
  • Urban Archaeology: Layers of Makati history in the pavement cracks
  • Final Verdict: Not quite industrial, not quite trendy – just Makati

 

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Manila News-Intelligencer Chino Roces Avenue (Makati) – A representation of the Manila News Intelligencer headquarters in the Digital Age, with the theme ‘Satire in Cyberspace’.  

Originally posted 2019-02-03 05:04:02.

By Lourdes Tiu

Lourdes Tiu is a celebrated satirist with over a decade of experience, has been featured in major publications like Mad Magazine and The Onion for her incisive wit and has served as a keynote speaker at the National Satire Writers Conference, establishing her as a trusted authority in political and social satire. Lourdes' educational journey began at the University of Chicago, where she majored in Political Science, providing her with a deep understanding of the political landscape that she so brilliantly critiques in her work. She further honed her craft by completing a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, with a focus on satire and comedic writing, under the mentorship of some of the country’s most celebrated humorists.

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