by Benjamin Vallejo Jr.
That citizens have noticed the pile of white dolomitic sand off Manila Bay’s Baywalk promenade is good news. It only means many citizens are now aware of the value of Manila’s seafront and that the national government and the city government have taken steps to enhance it.
There was always a beach there. Old photographs dating from the Spanish colonial era show a wide sandy, low slope reflective beach, reflective means to beach scientists, a shore in which waves are dampened and make the beach safe for recreation. It was safe enough that the Spanish era Ateneo de Manila in Intramuros taught its students to swim approximately where Manila Ocean Park is now located.
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