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From Funky Lights to Dolomite: the Manila Baywalk Story

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 by The Urban Roamer

Thanks to the view of the open bay and the sunset, the Manila Baywalk is one of the city’s most protected views and undergone many changes over the years.

Can Manila Bay Still Be Revived?

January 31, 2019 by The Urban Roamer

After the positive developments thus far of the ongoing rehabilitation of Boracay Island, the government has now turned its sights on a more challenging task: rehabilitating Manila Bay. The campaign was formally launched last Sunday, with hundreds of volunteers trooping the Baywalk area to start the cleanup. And judging from the photos taken after the … Read more

LPPCHEA: A Bird Sanctuary in the City

September 21, 2018 by The Urban Roamer

A metropolis as chaotic and crowded as Metro Manila may be the last place in mind one would have to find a bird sanctuary. But surprisingly there is one. What makes it even more surprising is that it is found near the littered and filthy coastline of Manila Bay.

This sanctuary is called the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area, popularly known as the LPPCHEA or LaPPaCHEA. It is a strip of land that protrudes from the main coast of Metro Manila serving as a buffer of sorts between the main coastline and the Manila Bay.

LPPCHEA in a vlog by Joel Andrada

Baywalk after the storm

August 3, 2014October 9, 2011 by The Urban Roamer

I’ve always wanted to write about that 2-kilometer stretch of open space by the seaside of Manila Bay that we all know as the Baywalk. For someone who grew up spending some of my free days along the Manila Bay, I have been witness to the changes the area has seen over the past years and beautiful sunsets that made it a popular attraction and a source of pride as well.

How can one forget the Baywalk during the administration of then Manila Mayor Lito “floral shirt guy” Atienza (1998-2007)? In his efforts to revitalize Manila tourism, he spearheaded the redevelopment of the once-dark Manila Bay side into the Baywalk that we know with brick-tiled floors, beautified promenades, spruced with retail shops and restaurants lined up along the Baywalk illuminated at night with those funky, multi-colored lamps that have been a subject of curiosity and criticism as well. Baywalk soon became a favored nightspot in an area as tourism and business boomed.