Manila Central Post Office Postcard

The postcard shows the Manila Central Post Office and the Liwasang Bonifacio plaza (now known as Plaza Lawton). Manila Central Post Office, located in the Intramuros district of Manila, at the bank of the Pasig River, is the central post office of the city of Manila and the headquarters of the Philippine Postal Corporation.

The post office building was designed by Filipino architect Juan Marcos de Guzman Arellano and built in neoclassical architecture in 1926. It was severely damaged in World War II, and rebuilt in 1946 preserving most of its original design.

Manila Central Post Office Postcard

Daniel Burnham's proposal of the Post Office Building at its current location was due to two reasons: (1) the Pasig River provides an easy means of transporting mails, and (2) lying at the south end of the Taft Avenue axis, it is accessible on all sides, i.e., from the direction of Quiapo, Binondo, Malate and Ermita.

This impressive Graeco-Roman building was designed by Juan Arellano. Built in 1926 in the amount of one million pesos, it was considered as Arellano's magnum opus. A stately-looking building, its design is a perfect example of classic planning employing axial asymmetry and the classical Ionic order including the mouldings and ornaments.

SOURCES:
Manila Central Post Office Wikipedia Entry

The Imperial Tapestry: American Colonial Architecture in the Philippinesby Norma I. Alarcon, Fuap, page 141

Denver Public Library Postcard

The postcard shows the Denver Public Library from Voorhees Pool Civic Center. In 1910 the Denver Public Library acquired the Central Library, a Greek revival design funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The library stands on the northwest part of the Civic Center.

Denver Public Library Postcard

^[update]In 1956 a new library structure located on Broadway and 14th Streets was built by the firm of Fisher and Fisher/Burnham Hoyt. In 1990 75% of Denver voters approved a $91.6 million bond issue to add on to the Fisher and Fisher/Burnham Hoyt building. The 540,000-square-foot structure, adjacent to the Denver Art Museum, was designed by architect Michael Graves and the Denver firm of Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois.As of 2004, the library had 2,519,977 items in its collection.

SOURCE:
Denver Public Library Online

New York Hospital Postcard

The postcard shows the New York Hospital, Cornell Medical College Association Buildings in New York City.

New York Hospital Postcard

The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center was founded in 1898, and has been affiliated with what is now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since 1927. In 1998, Weill Cornell Medical College was renamed as Weill Medical College of Cornell University after receiving a substantial endowment from Sanford I. Weill, then Chairman of Citigroup. The Medical College is divided into 20 academic departments

SOURCES:

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Wikipedia Entry

Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University Wikipedia Entry

Philippine Military Academy Postcard

This postcard again shows the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets in their rayadillo (or is it the the US Military Academy-inspired dress uniform?) in front of, I believe Melchor Hall.

Philippine Military Academy Postcard

The Philippine Military Academy is a 373-hectare compound in Loakan. The Fort was named after the young hero of the battle of Tirad Pass, Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar.

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Philippine Military Academy Postcard

This is another multi-view postcard of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). The images on the upper part of the postcard, from left to right, are the monument of a large shako and the PMA Cadets; lower part are the St. Ignatius Chapel and the amphitheater.

Philippine Military Academy Postcard

The PMA cadets use the shako, a tall, cylindrical military cap, usually adorned with some kind of ornamental plate or badge on the front, metallic or otherwise, and often has a feather, plume, or pompon attached at the top. Aside from the shako, cadets also wear rayadillo material in their dress uniform. Rayadillo was also used by the Revolutionary Army of the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.

St. Ignatius Chapel was built in 1959 for the cadets of the Philippine Military Academy. The chapel used to be a hill, explaining why it is composed of twenty five steps.

Unfortunately, I could not find any information about the amphitheater, its construction or history.

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SOURCES:
Shako Wikipedia Entry
Rayadillo Wikipedia Entry
Philippine Military Academy