I had wrongly assumed another building would rise in this spot, after its tenants were moved to other parts of the center. Instead, I found grass, sky...and a good playground set.
Perhaps management realized people were skipping this area for Nuvali?
I got a little bit sentimental. On this spot stood the original strip with the Safari car rental office, Japanese restaurants, and a few offices. I really wish I had photos of the place almost twenty years ago.
This was where we would stop for breakfast, brunch or lunch, on the way to Tagaytay. This was back when--and I am sure I have said this before--we would take this route up, but not down if it was too late in the evening. The Japanese restaurants served the Japanese men from the surrounding Japanese companies. They still are around--Umenoya and Ippon Yari, but in other locations. Pancake House is still there, in the building pictured on the right.
By the time we moved here, the center of this strip was occupied by bars...it was pretty seedy actually, especially when they opened by twilight and on Wednesday and Friday and Saturday evenings. It was actually a relief that they knocked this down.
Frankly, I find that this commercial area is confused, confusing, and really, not maximized. Well, I don't know about their profits, but from a customers' standpoint...it could be better. It is too late in the evening for me to expound on this. I'll just leave it at that.
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