Rockwell Center, Makati. I consider this as one of my “homes”. When I say home, it does not necessarily mean a house but more of where I stayed for quite some time - particularly during high school. During my four years of stay at Makati Science High School, I have been seeing a wonderful angle of the towers at Rockwell especially during Christmas Season. With some of my friends, I lie down on our cemented quadrangle and enjoy magnificent view with Rizal Tower spotlighted.
It’s now more than three years since I last lie on our school quadrangle at night, and now, the future generations of Makati scholars will no longer experience those magnificent and sometimes romantic vista. It all takes 200+ million pesos from Rockwell for the youthful 10 year old four-storey building and the adjacent Poblacion Market to be part of the emerging cosmopolitan.
In scientific terms, a black hole can suck up objects near it. And thus, the sucking of Rockwell began!
As the city government of Makati started the construction of the alleged 10-storey building which will tower along Kalayaan Avenue, within three years or so, I will be missing the view totally. Soon, it will be gone for good. But good news for Makati Science peeps, you’ll be just a stone’s throw from the yet larger and more promising Bonifacio Global City (although Taguig but once part of Makati). And my last comment - ten storeys? The city government is really making a statement.
The picture above is from the web, for obvious reasons. On the foot of the circular Rizal Tower, on the right side is Makati Science. FTW! :D haha.
photo from lainegallery
