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    The El Hogar During The 1920s. © Philippine History and Architecture

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    The El Hogar Filipino Building in Manila, built in 1914, is considered one of the most beautiful architectural structures in Asia. However, it is now in danger of demolition by the current owners who want to redevelop the site. Heritage advocates are urging celebrities to help promote awareness and resist demolition, as the building represents Manila's rich history. It is one of the few remaining early American-era structures along the historic Pasig River.

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    The El Hogar Filipino Building in Manila, built in 1914, is considered one of the most beautiful architectural structures in Asia. However, it is now in danger of demolition by the current owners who want to redevelop the site. Heritage advocates are urging celebrities to help promote awareness and resist demolition, as the building represents Manila's rich history. It is one of the few remaining early American-era structures along the historic Pasig River.

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    A Philippine structure hailed as one of the most beautiful in Asia since its inception is in

    danger of becoming yet another mountain of rubble.

    The El Hogar during the 1920s. © Philippine History and Architecture

    The El Hogar Filipino Building, or simply El Hogar, is an early skyscraper in Manila


    built. It stands at the corner of Juan Luna Street and Muelle dela Industría in the Binondo
    district and contributes to the spectular pre-WWII cityscape when one cruises through
    Pasig River. It is flanked by the First City National Building on the right and the Hong
    Kong and Shanghai Bank Building on its rear.
    El Hogar and the First City National Bank Buildings in the late 1960s. © Definitely
    Filipino

    Boasting a Beaux-Arts architecture, a neoclassical architectural style taught at the École


    des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the El Hogar was designed by Ramon Irureta-Goyena and
    Francisco Perez-Muñoz and was built in 1914. Some of its interesting features are the two
    garden courtyards and the mirador or balcony, which provides an astouding view of the
    Pasig River and southern part of Manila. El Hogar's staircase, with a sculpted mythical
    griffin on its base, is considered as one of the most ornate in the city.
    The El Hogar's intricate staircase grillwork, which included a sculpture of a mythical
    griffin. © Manila Nostalgia/Isidra Reyes

    It was said to be a wedding present for Doña Margarita Zóbel y de Ayala and Spanish
    businessman Don Antonio Melián Pavía. The building housed the Sociedad El Hogar
    Filipino, a financing cooperative, and the whole Melián business empire composed of
    Filipinas Compañía de Seguros, Tondo de Beneficiencia, Casa de España, and Casa de
    Pensiones. Other tenants were Ayala y Compañía, Sociedad Lizárraga Hermanos, and
    Smith, Bell and Company.
    The El Hogar Filipino, one
    of the city's oldest American era structures, now on the verge of destruction. © Historic
    Preservation Journal

    As of the moment, the building's title belongs to a certain Ritz Premiere Corporation,
    which wishes to demolish the building.

    Heritage advocates are calling on celebrities to help in resisting the demolition and
    promote awareness for the preservation of the building's and the city's rich history.

    "Napakarami na tayong mga heritage structures na nawawala. Mas mabuti 'yung nakikita
    natin 'yung mga palatandaan ng ating pinagmulan," said Isidra Reyes of the Heritage
    Conservation Society in an interview with ABS-CBN.

    (Video report from Ces Drilon, ABS-CBN News. Photos from Arquitectura Manila.)
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    The building, which has elements of Renaissance and Neoclassical styles, is one of the
    few remaining early American-era structures along the historic Pasig River.

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