More views from within the past 50 years :-

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Rizal Avenue in 1967 - named after the national hero Jose Rizal, mostly within the Sta. Cruz district :-





Rizal Avenue in late 1970s - traffic dominated by Jeepneys :-






Roxas Boulevard and US Embassy in the 1970s. Originally Cavite Boulevard, then Dewey Boulevard, renamed in the 1960s to honour President Manuel Roxas. The Embassy was first constructed to house the US High Commission in the late 1930s ; with independence on July 4, 1946, it became known as the US Embassy :-