Iloilo City Hall in Mall

Posted by Marcos C.

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Perspective of the soon to be built City Hall of Iloilo

“); }; ?>The speculations are true, the City Government of Iloilo will be transferring some offices of the City Hall to Robinsons Place. Some parts of the third floor have already been closed off for the development of their new offices in the said mall.

Fountain Area of Robinsons Place Iloilo

After the transfer of city hall offices, the construction of a new 6-storey Iloilo City Hall will commence. Among the offices set for transfer are the City Treasurer’s Office, City Health Office, City Assessor’s Office, Mayor’s Office, Licensing Division, Administrative Section, Public Information Office, Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Office, and the City Legal Office, among others.

Current City Hall beside Plaza Libertad in the City Proper

Last year, there was a debate whether the new city should be built on the current site in Plaza Libertad, City Proper or in a new site in Brgy. San Pedro, Molo District. WV Coscoluella and Associates sent two building perspectives for each site. The proposal for the “current site” includes a “boxy” 11-storey building with a penthouse on the top floor, while the proposal for the “molo site” includes an expansive sprawling type structure and a promenade on the riverfont. The City Hall officials finally decided to build the new city hall on the current site because it is more accessible and convenient to the pubic since the City Proper is the center of commercial and government activity in the city.

Perspective of the 11-storey Iloilo City Hall building in the City Proper Site
Perspective of the 11-storey City Hall building in the City Proper Site

Perspective of the sprawling 2-storey Iloilo City Hall building in the Molo Site

Later, the design of the new building was changed because it was too expensive. The latest proposal includes a 6 storey building where ALL of the City Hall employees will hold office. The design of the building is influenced by different existing buildings in the city. The exterior of the fifth and sixth floor will resemble that of the custom’s house semblance. The exterior design of the University of the Philippine’s Library will be adopted on the entrance while its windows will de designed like the Masonic Temple’s. The 3rd floor shall be the parking place and the rest will be the offices.

Iloilo Customs House in Muelle Loney St., City Proper

University of the Philippines - Iloilo City Campus Library (Former Iloilo City Hall) in General Luna St., Molo

Masonic Temple beside Plaza Libertad, City Proper

The project is estimated to cost P300M and the construction will run for 2 years. The new city hall is planned to replace the dilapidated and rundown city hall of Iloilo. Some parts were already assessed as dangerous since the building is too old and may already have high vulnerability to damage or even collapse. Currently, the city hall is only able to house some offices of the City Government, the other offices such as the office of the Vice Mayor have to occupy spaces in other parts of the city.

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Marcos C. posted this article on May 4, 2007; 3:00 pm. This article has had 1,651 views and 12 comments.
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12 Responses to “Iloilo City Hall in Mall”

Jollyon 24 Mar 2008 at 3:46 am 1

Dapat kon may ara man lang nga budget ang project dapat suguran dayon. Indi na pagpadugayon. Basi bala nga ang budget mag talang pa sa bulsa sang iban bala haw. Just saying. I was working in city hall and I know lots of “dramas” going on there when I was there. K! up to here. Cheers!:)
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Jollyon 24 Mar 2008 at 3:41 am 2

Dubai is a desert land, see the newly built tall buildings? OK. That’s all I can say. About the airport opening…not for me but for the tourists and balikbayans. Glad airport is operating successfully. Daughter went home last week of December and came home the second week of January of ‘08. She told me that the place has a long way to go, but it’s getting better and better and bigger. Nice! :)
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Jollyon 24 Mar 2008 at 3:35 am 3

Crust, I agree with you. Cheers! :)
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cruston 15 Feb 2008 at 9:43 pm 4

ive heard that the city could only handle 8 storey building. i beg to disagree because technology now is the solution. we can build higher buildings by using great engineering planning for the foundation of the buildings.
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jonon 11 Aug 2007 at 2:19 am 5

i agree w/ kalabaw. dont compare us sa US and just let the planning dept and very especially the corrupt local govt and national govt official do their task. kabalo na cla ya mag allocate kung pila lang ang sa proyekto kag sa ila bulsa. amo gani nga ginaswelduhan ta na cla pra sa ina nga obra. pangurakot. ok. the facade looks ok.
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kalabawon 08 Aug 2007 at 11:47 pm 6

CHY..please delete all the garbage entry of some people trying to confuse ourselves..lots are visiting ur website and some entry are far off d track..ms joy– u cannot compare buildings here n d US….just let d iloilo city planning dept do what is best for the city not unless u donate ur land !!what skyscraper ur talking about JOY???!!!..i’m reaDING UR ENTRY SINCE DAY ONE joy and its sickening..gaugtas ka pa when d new airport gonna open daw may million ka nga gin donate ba..anay nga na open na wala ka man kuarta gali to buy ur ticket SUS!!!…..iloilo city won’t be a place for high rise buildings or else its gonna sink or smell more stinky….ayayayyyy!!too congested na…
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jonon 07 Aug 2007 at 9:13 am 7

i hope the city hall will not be the center of corruption….
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chymera00on 16 Jun 2007 at 2:28 pm 8

Ms. Joy, while we appreciate your opinion on things. Please stay on topic. If you can’t find an appropriate article for your opinion please use the forums instead. Thanks

Off topic comments are already qualified for moderation
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jonon 27 May 2007 at 3:15 am 9

wow wow wee.
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ilongga akoon 08 May 2007 at 9:47 am 10

huh??what skyscraper n Arizona??nothing…if u tell me Manhattan,NY then i believe you JOY..Vegas strip is well yea bunch of hotels and casinos…Iloilo City space too limited n downtown not unless the city gets rid of old buildings and build new towers but its getting too congested there now..the mulle loney needs improvement and all of downtown..coz buildings are old enough and hey they need billions of dollars to replaced those but then people lived in that buildings too for long period of time and pee pee smells everywhere…..
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