Makati Poblacion Archives - The Urban Roamer

Makati Poblacion: A City’s Origin Story

October 16, 2026October 14, 2026 by The Urban Roamer

Despite being in the shadow of the Makati CBD landscape, the Makati Poblacion managed to reinvent itself as a unique neighborhood in itself by blending both the old and the new and young together in this neighborhood.

The Saga of Rockwell’s Power Plant Mall

August 5, 2021 by The Urban Roamer

From its beginnings as a thermal power plant, Rockwell’s Power Plant Mall is a modern symbol of the metropolis’ evolution done right.

A closer look at the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge

October 1, 2018 by The Urban Roamer

Over the past few days, there has been so much talk going on about the planned rebuilding of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge which connects the Rockwell-Poblacion area of Makati and the Hulo-Barangka area of Mandaluyong over the Pasig River. More so when the Department of Public Works and Highways closed the bridge and reopened it a day later after it received complaints from motorists and commuters.

But why the need for a new bridge, especially one that connects two bustling areas along both sides of the Pasig River? To answer this question, one must look at the history of the bridge and the development of these areas in question.

Trump In Manila: A Second Look At Trump Tower Manila

December 7, 2016November 14, 2016 by The Urban Roamer

The recent 2016 US presidential elections and the surprise of a result the elections turned out to have has been a hot topic around the world even at the time this post is published. While the Urban Roamer’s policy of keeping political talk out of this site (more so political talk happening outside the country) remains firmly in place, it does, however, call for a revisit of a past article written in this site.

Back in 2014, the Urban Roamer wrote about the planned Century City township development in central Makati, a residential-commercial development project consisting of high-rise residential and office towers and a mall. One of those residential towers is something related to today’s topic: Trump Tower Manila. And as the original article did not really talk much about this structure on the rise, this seems to be a good time to talk about it in a bit more in-depth manner.