![]() ![]() (Justin James Wright via Wikimedia Commons) The skyline of Bonifacio Global City within Taguig City in 2016. Over the years, various real estate developers would develop the land into the financial and commercial hub where what is known as The Fort or Bonifacio Global City currently stands. In the 1990s, 240 hectares part of Fort Bonifacio was turned over to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. It then became the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army.Īside from providing housing for soldiers during martial law, Fort Bonifacio was known as the detention center of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., whose assassination in 1983 set the stage for the toppling of the Marcos regime. The base named after the U.S president at the time of American occupation would later serve as a stronghold of the United States Army Forces in the Far East during World War II.Īfter the end of the war and the granting of independence to the Philippines, the base would later be known as “Fort Bonifacio” after Andres Bonifacio, the revolutionary hero whose father was a resident of Taguig. Those on the thread are reflecting on life in the Philippines during the time the photograph was taken.įrom Fort Mckinley to Fort Bonifacio to ‘BGC’įort William Mckinley was established in the area between the present day cities of Taguig and Makati in the early 1900s following the United States’ occupation of the Philippines. ![]() ![]() The 1923 photograph also shows a forest where the residential area of Pembo now stands while the base’s buildings can be seen concentrated in the area where the present-day C-5 road is marked. ![]() The photograph shows vast tracts of empty land and wilderness where the country’s upper-class now go about their business. The present-day locations of nearby landmarks such as the upscale gated community of Forbes Park, Manila Golf and Country Club and the Makati Central Business District are also marked. ![]()
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