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Category Archives: Structure

Roundabout Art

Comments Off Posted by Lana on September 3, 2022

Art, South Cotabato, Structure General Santos City, Koronadal City, rotunda, roundabout, Surallah

Small Masjid

Comments Off Posted by Lana on August 15, 2022

Davao City, Structure masjid, Mindanao, mosque

Side by Side Lighthouses

Comments Off Posted by Lana on July 20, 2022

The shortest lighthouse with a spiral stairway was built by the Japanese in 1930s.

The tallest one with flared top is the only active lighthouse among these three that are standing side by side on the southeasternmost tip of Mindanao.

The tip of the active lighthouse as seen from the top of the second tallest inactive lighthouse

(Cape San Agustin, Governor Generoso)

Davao Oriental, Structure Cape San Agustin, Governor Generoso, Lavigan, lighthouse, parola

Roofed Tombs

Comments Off Posted by Lana on November 1, 2021

South Cotabato, Structure cemetery, Mindanao, tomb

Smoking Area

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on March 29, 2018

Smoking area in Davao City.

Davao del Sur, Structure, Uncategorized Davao City, Gap Farming, smoking area

Potato Head

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on March 4, 2018

Singapore, Structure building, heritage

Purok Public Structures

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on January 6, 2018

Tourist center

Cebu, Structure public building, purok, Santander, South Cebu

Skinny Buildings

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 19, 2017

If property tax is based on the width of the building facing the street, then make it thin, deep, and tall instead.

Structure, Uncategorized, Vietnam building, Hanoi

Norzagaray Welcome Arch

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on May 27, 2017

Bulacan, Structure, Welcome Arch Norzagaray

Token Booth

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on May 22, 2017

Funfair token booth in Kuala Terengganu

Art, Malaysia, Structure funfair, Kuala Terengganu, perya

The Omnipresent Waiting Shed

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on March 1, 2017

Waiting shed (or ‘waiting shade’ in Bisaya) is an omnipresent small structure used by folks to shield them from weather inconveniences. It is also used as a resting place while waiting for anything — normally while waiting for public transportation. There is no uniformity as each barrio or town has its own design. It is never standardized, but then Philippines would be dull if it is.

Batangas, Structure Calatagan, waiting shed

Tanod Box

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on December 20, 2016

A barangay police box in Mandaluyong

The lowest level of political unit in the country is the barangay (similar to a village), hence the lowest level of law enforcement is the barangay tanod or simply tanod or barangay police.

Another barangay police box seen in Mandaluyong

Metro Manila, Pinoy Way of Life, Structure barangay, box, police, tanod

Toilet Building

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on December 17, 2016

That ritzy structure over there is just a toilet.

Structure, Thailand Chiang Rai, toilet

Welcome/Goodbye Road Arch

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 25, 2016

A welcome (or goodbye) road arch depending which side of the road you are on is common throughout the country. Some have creatures on it like the carabao, while this one in Lian has a balsa (hut on a bamboo raft). I think this represents those picnic hut rafts that you see floating on Lian’s beaches.