Malling, Shopping and this Place Called Shang
Filipinos know where things run right- at a shopping mall. Everyday visitors in the hundreds of thousands stop at a shopping center to shop, eat or simply to recharge. Inside a clean, neat, user-friendly mall, somehow one feels safe and sane.
My favorite mall is Shangri-La Plaza at Edsa Shaw Boulevard. Programmed for the upwardly mobile market, it has one of the largest lobbies in the country, and a very modern revolving glass door. There’s a red carpet runner on the main entrance, giving the patrons the feeling that there is something special about this shopping haven, the very moment they step in.
Rustan's which serves high-end buyers is the major tenant with a 2.2 hectare department store. A feather in the developer's cap is William B. Shaw Theater, home for Repertory Philippines which increasingly draws appreciative audiences for its English-language repertiore. Entertainment and shopping go hand in glove with two cinemas, a game center, marvelous boutiques and shopping chains with ample window space for creative dressing. Every floor has service entrance hidden from public view to benefit tenants. Only 55 percent of space is being leased, projecting Shangri-La as grand, sleek, capacious, and never over-crowded.
Shopping malls kind of give urbanity and progress a beautiful face. It makes people feel, perhaps only temporarily, that the general way of life has improved. To see Filipinos at a relaxed mood, drop by a mall. Away from the blistering heat and the noisy streets, it is an urban oasis.
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My favorite mall is Shangri-La Plaza at Edsa Shaw Boulevard. Programmed for the upwardly mobile market, it has one of the largest lobbies in the country, and a very modern revolving glass door. There’s a red carpet runner on the main entrance, giving the patrons the feeling that there is something special about this shopping haven, the very moment they step in.
Rustan's which serves high-end buyers is the major tenant with a 2.2 hectare department store. A feather in the developer's cap is William B. Shaw Theater, home for Repertory Philippines which increasingly draws appreciative audiences for its English-language repertiore. Entertainment and shopping go hand in glove with two cinemas, a game center, marvelous boutiques and shopping chains with ample window space for creative dressing. Every floor has service entrance hidden from public view to benefit tenants. Only 55 percent of space is being leased, projecting Shangri-La as grand, sleek, capacious, and never over-crowded.
Shopping malls kind of give urbanity and progress a beautiful face. It makes people feel, perhaps only temporarily, that the general way of life has improved. To see Filipinos at a relaxed mood, drop by a mall. Away from the blistering heat and the noisy streets, it is an urban oasis.
