Under American control,
the optimism of the new century would be reflected in the town
planning concepts of Daniel Burnham, who attempted to recreate it in a
'Paris on the Prairie' style of long boulevards, neoclassical buildings
and ornamental parks. Its governmental centre was partly built
around a mighty quadrangle, not far from the Port of Manila and
facing towards the Bay. The post-war independent government junked
the concept for completing the landscape, for it had its own grand
ideas for Quezon City. Thus, once destroyed, Manila was never
rebuilt to its former glory. (Image courtesy of the the John Tewell Collection.)