| Posted in | Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2009
Before Power Plant Mall
Before Ayala Center
Before SM Megamall
Before Greenhills
There was...
MARIKINA SHOE EXPO, CUBAO
When I was a kid I would visit this place with my family weeks before school started to look for a new pair of school shoes. The stores sold locally manufactured shoes from the city of Marikina - shoe capital of the Philippines. The industry somewhat died with the influx of cheaper shoes from China and the construction of so many malls in Metro Manila.
Now only a few shops remain open for business. The rest were converted into restos, bars, art galleries and vintage stores. The compound is now more known as Cubao X.
I went to visit with Ryan and Sam as we looked to unwind after a very stressful day at work.
Old-school Marikina Shoe Expo
Our destination... Mogwai
Good beer
Craaap!
I'd hang out here again as long as it's not 100 degrees during the night. The light rain during our visit made the place surprisingly cozy.
Before Ayala Center
Before SM Megamall
Before Greenhills
There was...
MARIKINA SHOE EXPO, CUBAO
When I was a kid I would visit this place with my family weeks before school started to look for a new pair of school shoes. The stores sold locally manufactured shoes from the city of Marikina - shoe capital of the Philippines. The industry somewhat died with the influx of cheaper shoes from China and the construction of so many malls in Metro Manila.
Now only a few shops remain open for business. The rest were converted into restos, bars, art galleries and vintage stores. The compound is now more known as Cubao X.
I went to visit with Ryan and Sam as we looked to unwind after a very stressful day at work.
Old-school Marikina Shoe Expo
Our destination... Mogwai
Good beer
Craaap!
I'd hang out here again as long as it's not 100 degrees during the night. The light rain during our visit made the place surprisingly cozy.
Those "nachos" look extremely yuck!
Yuck nga mare!