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Calle Real Iloilo

 

This photograph by Felix Laureano shows Iloilo’s Calle Real. Now J.M. Basa Street is the first Anglo-Chinese commercial area that emerged as a result of the booming sugar trade. It was lined with numerous bazaars, inns, cafes, and other establishments, and was the liveliest street in the city. Imported goods and merchandise from Europe, America, and Asia were sold by local and foreign-owned establishments like Bazaar Cosmopolitana, Estella del Norte, Hoskyn’s, Inchausti, Bazaar Suizo, Puerta del Sol, and Adolf Roensch.


Source: Ilustración Artística
Reference: National Museum of Western Visayas