Beauty faded

One of the old theaters along Avenida Rizal in Manila, somewhere between Quiapo and Recto. I loved how the facade looked. Took this picture back in August 2004, when Gregg and I first walked through the area that then Mayor Lito Atienza closed to vehicular traffic. The theater's gone now... well, so has the Mayor Atienza's pedestrian enclosure. Incumbent Mayor Alfredo Lim restored vehicular traffic in the area.