Olongapo, Naval Reservation – Page 52

Media Category: Olongapo, Naval Reservation

Olongapo is the city outside the former US Naval Base and now outside of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

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Zc492. This is one of three images on Rizal Ave. near the Olongapo Market, as the lead picture showed it flooded here about hip high and the shops are cleaning up.

Zc491. This is the Marikit Park area in Olongapo City. We see the Marikit Park with one of the former USN fighter planes which were mounted on the former base but were put here and we see the new SM Mall going up. The 2nd USN fighter planes was near the former convention hall, at this time I don’t what happened to that plane.

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Zc498. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images, (refers to the album), we are looking at Jolo Street, the one I live on, when it intersects with the Rizal Street.

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Zc497. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images, (refers to the album), Rizal St. crosses the Maquinaya River about 50 meters ahead.

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Zc496. On the next day, the 25th July, I checked the roads of Bo. Barretto, this is one of nine images (refers to the album), one of the side streets of Rizal Street got muddy.

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Zc495. Back in Barretto I wanted to drink a beer and I discovered that our VFW 11447 also got flooded and it was closed to clean up. That is our VFW Post across the street.

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Zc486. This is the Tappan Park of the former Naval Station, the park is not always maintained the way it should. It, the church, and the Spanish Gate are about the only things left from the pre WWII Olongapo Naval Station. After we (the US Navy) left in 1992 a stature of James Gordon Sr. was added.

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Zc490. This is the Hospital Road, next to the Marikit Park and used to go the hospital, museum and the convention center. All three establishments are torn down, are gone and a 2nd and bigger SM Mall is going up.

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Zc489. This is a shot of the circle, rotunda, at the intersection of Magsaysay Drive and Rizal Ave. in Olongapo. Straight ahead the road is called Rizal Extensions and the traffic now runs ONE WAY along Rizal Extension, before the drainage canal, the traffic must turn left or go straight across the Rizal Bridge into SBFZ. Then at the main gate bridge, the traffic turns left again and follows Magsaysay Drive ONE WAY back to the rotunda.

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Zc488, This shot is along the Rizal Extension Ave. in Olongapo City, the rotunda is still there; the traffic routing changed (one Way-good I think) and new tall and large buildings went up.