Endangered: Saving Manila’s remaining heritage structures comes with roadblocks

The First United Building and Regina Building stand tall at the end of Escolta Street, Binondo, Manila.

Philstar.com / Deejae Dumlao

Grief overcame 35-year-old dentist Levi Azarcon when he heard about the demolition of the old Sta Cruz Building.

“We felt as if a part of us died,” Azarcon said.

Located at the entrance of the “Queen of Manila streets,” Escolta, the Sta Cruz building housed Azarcon’s clinic for four years. He and his associate dentists and staff had established a network of friends during their stay at the dental clinic. People from different walks of life — antique dealers, snack peddlers, seafarers, executives, clergy and government officials — visited the clinic.

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