THEN AND NOW
Location: Taft Ave., Ermita Manila
Wayback 1940
DID YOU KNOW?!
*It was renamed The Roosevelt Club
*The building designed by American architects Welton Becket and Walter Wurderman that functioned as building for which jai alai games were held
*It was built in the Streamline Modern style im October 17, 1940
*The building was damaged during Battle of Manila but was repaired
*It was considered as the finest Art-Deco building in Asia
*It was demolished in 2000 upon the orders of The mayor of Manila
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