HELP! We LOVE the Baguio City Market!!!
This entry is from Feliz Perez
I tagged you because I thought you'd want to sign and I know you can help spread the word around. And even if I didn't tag you please do it too! Read on and sign on! http://www.petitiononline.com/market09/
"The Baguio City Public Market is the womb of Baguio City. While we celebrate the city’s centennial year, the market quietly passes its 101st year. That is, one hundred and one years of the growth of a public space that has a unique aesthetic and a vibrant atmosphere. 101 years of extensive, thick, living networks of farmers, fisher-folk, entrepreneurs, their families, and the families of Baguio residents and visitors. 101 years of trade in the products of our region, and products from around the country and the world.
Baguio City was born out of the Baguio market. It was said in the early 1900’s that all one had to do to see how cosmopolitan and international Baguio City was, was to go to the Stone Market on market day. The market is one of the last places where Baguio’s original sense of community and belonging continues to thrive. Today the colorful market is an essential part of the Baguio experience for tourists. It continues to be a source of fresh, affordable food for Baguio youth, including the large student population that comes from out of town. The market connects us to the Cordillera mountains, to the coasts and the islands of the Philippines, and to the rest of the world. But 101 years of history, trade, and human relationships were badly damaged by fire on March 2, 2009.
We want our beloved Baguio market back. We do not want it to be replaced by yet another generic, cement, box-like structure, which every large Philippine city already has. Not all cities have what we possess in the Baguio market. We want the market to remain unique. We want it to continue to support local communities and thrive with diversity. We want it restored and rebuilt on a human-scale. Bring back the old charm. Let the vendors continue to create their beautiful displays of fruits, vegetables, and other produce. Keep the tourists coming. Keep our youth well nourished and blessed with a diversity of food choices. Make improvements where needed but do not erase the market as we have always known it - the market that is our heritage.
The Baguio City Public Market has a unique structure and a living, locally-rooted community. That is a legacy worth saving. Make this your legacy."
You like this? You agree? You have fond memories of all those beautiful fresh fruits vegetables, lovely people, and rows and rows of peanut brittle and ube jam? Then CLICK CLICK CLICK and SIGN SIGN SIGN! This is just the first step in a larger campaign to save our beloved Baguio market. We need to exert pressure on our city's decision-makers who seem to be forever wavering between tearing it down, building another mall-like structure, or leaving it to rot. It would be too painful to lose one of the last remnants of our Baguio heritage without even raising a peep.
http://www.petitiononline.com/market09/
and this is what i have to say...
Capitalists are not bad people but the greedy ones are. My parents went up to Baguio last weekend to pick up my niece and when they arrived last night, my mother told me how bad she felt. Our friends, the vendors who sell the best strawberries and veggies have lost the market to a large fire--allegedly, this was arson at its worst. You think it would be easy enough to just drop a match "accidentally" but these people were horrible! They used CATS! After pouring kerosene on the cats, they lit them and the fire spread because the cats ran away.
Part of me doesn't know what to be sad about first--the fact that animals were used to commit such an atrocity or the fact that I have just lost a part of who I am. Friends, when I was much younger, my lola and I would go to this market after work and boy, you should have seen how wonderful this place was. There was a little bit of everything for everyone.
SO! SIGN THE PETITION ALREADY AND SAVE BAGUIO--I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE AND IF YOU HAVEN'T--YOU STILL HAVE TO GO. BUT SUPPORT THIS FIRST BECAUSE THE BAGUIO I KNEW HAD A WONDERFUL MARKET FILLED WITH THE FRESHEST AND BEST GOODS. IT'S TRAGIC TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE MISS OUT ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
I tagged you because I thought you'd want to sign and I know you can help spread the word around. And even if I didn't tag you please do it too! Read on and sign on! http://www.petitiononline.com/market09/
"The Baguio City Public Market is the womb of Baguio City. While we celebrate the city’s centennial year, the market quietly passes its 101st year. That is, one hundred and one years of the growth of a public space that has a unique aesthetic and a vibrant atmosphere. 101 years of extensive, thick, living networks of farmers, fisher-folk, entrepreneurs, their families, and the families of Baguio residents and visitors. 101 years of trade in the products of our region, and products from around the country and the world.
Baguio City was born out of the Baguio market. It was said in the early 1900’s that all one had to do to see how cosmopolitan and international Baguio City was, was to go to the Stone Market on market day. The market is one of the last places where Baguio’s original sense of community and belonging continues to thrive. Today the colorful market is an essential part of the Baguio experience for tourists. It continues to be a source of fresh, affordable food for Baguio youth, including the large student population that comes from out of town. The market connects us to the Cordillera mountains, to the coasts and the islands of the Philippines, and to the rest of the world. But 101 years of history, trade, and human relationships were badly damaged by fire on March 2, 2009.
We want our beloved Baguio market back. We do not want it to be replaced by yet another generic, cement, box-like structure, which every large Philippine city already has. Not all cities have what we possess in the Baguio market. We want the market to remain unique. We want it to continue to support local communities and thrive with diversity. We want it restored and rebuilt on a human-scale. Bring back the old charm. Let the vendors continue to create their beautiful displays of fruits, vegetables, and other produce. Keep the tourists coming. Keep our youth well nourished and blessed with a diversity of food choices. Make improvements where needed but do not erase the market as we have always known it - the market that is our heritage.
The Baguio City Public Market has a unique structure and a living, locally-rooted community. That is a legacy worth saving. Make this your legacy."
You like this? You agree? You have fond memories of all those beautiful fresh fruits vegetables, lovely people, and rows and rows of peanut brittle and ube jam? Then CLICK CLICK CLICK and SIGN SIGN SIGN! This is just the first step in a larger campaign to save our beloved Baguio market. We need to exert pressure on our city's decision-makers who seem to be forever wavering between tearing it down, building another mall-like structure, or leaving it to rot. It would be too painful to lose one of the last remnants of our Baguio heritage without even raising a peep.
http://www.petitiononline.com/market09/
and this is what i have to say...
Capitalists are not bad people but the greedy ones are. My parents went up to Baguio last weekend to pick up my niece and when they arrived last night, my mother told me how bad she felt. Our friends, the vendors who sell the best strawberries and veggies have lost the market to a large fire--allegedly, this was arson at its worst. You think it would be easy enough to just drop a match "accidentally" but these people were horrible! They used CATS! After pouring kerosene on the cats, they lit them and the fire spread because the cats ran away.
Part of me doesn't know what to be sad about first--the fact that animals were used to commit such an atrocity or the fact that I have just lost a part of who I am. Friends, when I was much younger, my lola and I would go to this market after work and boy, you should have seen how wonderful this place was. There was a little bit of everything for everyone.
SO! SIGN THE PETITION ALREADY AND SAVE BAGUIO--I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE AND IF YOU HAVEN'T--YOU STILL HAVE TO GO. BUT SUPPORT THIS FIRST BECAUSE THE BAGUIO I KNEW HAD A WONDERFUL MARKET FILLED WITH THE FRESHEST AND BEST GOODS. IT'S TRAGIC TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE MISS OUT ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.