A week ago I joined #UskManila for a sketchwalk at Manila Metropolitan Theatre. The MET is a lovely art deco building designed by Juan Arellano and inaugurated in December 1931. It was heavily damaged during the Battle of Manila in 1945 and since then has had various uses, including being virtually abandoned at times. Over the last few years it has been under restoration and had a formal reopening in December 2021. There are two courtyards at the back and I managed to do this sketch in two stages in between the rain.

Sat-29-Jul-2023