Sometimes if you look hard enough, you'll find a gem the price of a value meal...Got this from an antique shop along Morato in Quezon City...a building torn by war…there’s a jeep on the lower left side of the photo …don't know who took this...but, there’s a memoir at the back of the photo. As stated, this was the Old Legislative Building or the National Museum we know today near Intramuros and Ermita in Manila. Some decades ago, picking up items like that picture gave me an excuse to go to the library and hit the books for information. But now, I simply just google it. And the stories I gathered glued me to the monitor. The Legislative Building was initially designed in 1918 to be the country’s National Library. However, due to its grandeur, influential personalities back in 1926 converted it to be the seat of Legislature. Hence the name the Legislative Building. Circa 1927 (photo credit: John T. Pilot's Photostream) ...