Filipinos love to spend hours (and hours) inside massive, air-conditioned malls, turning these commercial towers into dynamic cultural epicenters-legend has it that one of the first air-conditioned buildings in the country was a mall. While in Manila, do as Filipinos do by shopping as they shop. Nikada/Getty The best things to do in Metro Manila, Philippines Part of this is the inclusion of a multi-level catch basin that sits beneath what is currently the Burgos Circle.There's still shopping to be done outside, however-like at this fresh coconut stand. Now, the entire property is lined with shopping malls, hotels, modern offices, restaurants, parks, and condominiums, popular as a favorite hangout place that is accessible to another business district, Makati City, located on the other side of EDSA.īeing a modern development, the land was designed as early as 1997 with careful planning so people living inside and around BGC could live comfortably. Later in 1957, it became the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army and was renamed as Fort Bonifacio in honor of Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio. Previously called as Fort Mckinley after US President William McKinley, BGC was first an American military base acquired in 1902, serving as the primary hub of Philippine Scouts which is the Philippine Division of the US Army. There is a reason behind this: the brilliant drainage design in BGC.įirst, some brief history: Bonifacio Global City, or Fort Bonifacio, is a premier business district developed in 2003 through a partnership by Ayala Land and Evergreen Holdings with Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). If you live in or near Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig, odds are that you have never experienced the kind of flood that go as high as the waist or neck, which normally happens in western areas Marikina, Quezon City, and Rizal.
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