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The ULI Urban Innovation Challenge spearheaded by ULI Philippines in partnership with Manila Angel Investors Network is a pitch competition with a grand prize of up to P100,000 for community innovation initiatives, technologies, and projects that address the key challenges of Poblacion Makati, also common among other rapidly urbanizing cities in the Philippines.
Poblacion, Makati
“The Poblacion area has been the latest scene for youthful revelry—gritty, raucous, crowded and fun, joining the likes of Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong or Kuala Lumpur’s Changkat Bhukit Bintang. Barangay Poblacion, despite being the newest happening place in the metropolis, is actually the oldest settlement of the City of Makati, predating the Central Business district by a couple of generations and is also known as Makati’s Heritage District. A community that has seen the growth of the city since Spanish colonial times, it is a mix of old neighborhoods, exclusive residential villages and upscale mixed-use developments. More recently, the barangay has become a popular nighttime destination, offering dining and entertainment venues that have organically grown along its narrow streets. Small residential buildings have converted into pubs, restaurants, B&Bs and hostels and have nurtured a counterculture among young office workers and tourists that contrast sharply with the colder business environment of the Makati Central Business District, located just a few blocks away. On one hand, one sees the randomness of the Poblacion where the daytime image of sleepy mom and pop stores and boutiques by day transform into a mix of pubs and clubs by night; on the other hand, the hard-nosed, snooty area of Central Business District with its multinational headquarters, glass facades, orderly row of towering buildings and people in ties and suits.”
– Arch. Joel Luna, from Complexity and Contradiction in Cities: Some Insights and Impressions on Barangay Poblacion in Makati
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