Metro Manila has really been coming alive these past years, and we don’t just mean with the buildings, restaurants, and the abundance of leisurely activities. The art scene has been thriving, too, and has been becoming a part of the Pinoy’s life more and more everyday as well. Graffiti and art installations keep popping up around the metro, adding a splash of fun and color to the otherwise monotonous daily commutes of Manileños around the city.
Spotted at Eastwood City, Quezon City
Spotted along Tuscany at McKinley Hill, Taguig City
We recently spotted some new ones around, and here they are!
6. These jolly-looking street dividers
Commuting and traveling within Manila can be quite the mood buster, especially on rush hours and during bad-traffic days. One of those days? Just take a look at these colorful road concrete barriers painted with different faces to lighten up the mood! Aren’t they cute?
Where to find it: Eastwood Ave. across 1880 Building in Eastwood City, Quezon City
5. These parking lot wall art
In this mall parking lot, the posts are painted with colorful, eye-catching art. It’s summer after all when we all need something refreshing to look at to energize our days. Themes differ each floor—there’s one level with fruits, another with sea creatures. And they’re quite useful, too—in case you forget where you parked your car, these painted posts can show you the way! Are you parked next to the peach or the cherry?
Where to find it: Uptown Mall parking lot, Fort Bonifacio
4. This pretty flower art in full bloom
Perhaps the restroom is the last place you’d expect to see an art installation, but this mall likes to take things up a notch. In Uptown Mall, you can actually find comfort in one of their posh comfort rooms, especially with the sight of these pretty painted flowers in full bloom. Just in time. It’s spring, after all.
Where to find it: Uptown Mall, Fort Bonifacio
3. Rooftop Sunflowers
Thought you wouldn’t see sunflowers in the city? Well, in this part of town, you will. Painted across the rooftop of this mall are big, yellow sunflowers, and they’re as bright as these summer days we’re currently enjoying.
Where to find it: Uptown Mall, Fort Bonifacio
2. These super cute Minion standpipes
Firefighting is made fun, when some imaginative artists turned these wet and dry standpipes into Minion eyes. Just take a look at how cute they are! One looks frazzled, while the other looks happily confused—but for passersby, this sight definitely calls for a photo op. It’s definitely Instagram-worthy!
Where to find it: Eastwood Mall, Quezon City
1. This cool 3D pedestrian lane
Street art brings McKinley Hill alive with this cool installation! A mundane task such as crossing the street is made fun with this 3D painted pedestrian lane. Are these pedestrians crossing over elevated blocks??? It kind of looks like it!
Where to find it: Across Venice Grand Canal, McKinley Hill, Taguig City
BONUS: These flowery stairs
We’re putting this one as a bonus item because, technically, it’s not really in Manila. But we think it’s really pretty that it deserves a shout-out anyway! Plus, being only two hours away from the Metro and the fact that’s it’s a favorite weekend destination anyway, here’s another street art you might like. Spotted in Tagaytay are these stairs painted with lovely flowers that makes you feel as if you’re walking through a garden.
Where to find it: Twin Lakes, Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway, Laurel, Batangas
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Truly, art meets life with these installations! Every day life in the city is made more interesting with just these little touches of art. That’s the power of art installations—they can stir any weary soul and cause a spark of inspiration in even the littlest of ways.
Spotted any new, interesting street around around the city, too? Share them with us in the comments!
