 | beautiful captures. to many nowadays, these are just ordinary stones...if only they knew! (sad!) |
 | I think, there are lots of them in Colorado, USA. |
 | what a good collection chi! |
 | ruditabora wrote on Nov 21, '07, edited on Nov 22, '07 no more quarry, no stone mason workers, no baguio stone. |
 | thanks for these images..better document these stuff now...
kamusta kay Jack C. at sa mga utol nya, kabsat.. |
 | thanks for sharing chi! nice |
 | thanks for sharing. gusto ko tuloy umakyat... |
 | I didn't had the chance to visit this when I was in Baguio. Hmm... saan ba eksakto 'yan, Ms. Chi? Ipapasyal ko ang pamilya ko.... |
 | It reminds me of the old stone building where marbay bulding stand now. Weuse to make ashtrays projects in elementary days. |
 | taken for granted talaga...i didn't know these stones were quarried in baguio...where, exactly?
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| @bunchofdreams - the stairs are located at Teachers Camp but the sprawling facility is under restoration, not a good time to go there now. However the Mansion House -- which is a good showcase, esp the gate -- is entirely made of Baguio Stone, including the kilometric fence surrounding it.
@pax - Yes, Jack said Baguio Stone was the usual material for school projects. But I didn't know that the Old Stone Market, now a mere history, was also made of this precious material.
@Dr. K - According to the GeoScience Bureau, it was abundant along Kennon Road. But I would like to presume that most of it came from the Rock Quarry area where the Workers Village was located (later on called the City Camp).
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| paxuntalan wrote on Nov 23, '07, edited on Nov 23, '07 it was mined actually by the flores group of truckings on the hilltops of pinsao, i know the place beacuse i practically grew up at guisad valley which is near pinsao. UP Baguio campus is sitting on these limestone rocks |
| paxuntalan wrote on Nov 23, '07, edited on Nov 23, '07 the public building near the rice section of the market which is opposite of the Centermall still have these limestone on there post. Most of the post are now covered with signboards and plywood, they are now dull so most people do not notice them anymore. I think these stairs in the pictures are located at Wright park and Teachers camp? Tama ba? |
| i guess most of the people in baguio now, including those born there but not old enough to have memories of the old stone market or the flores' quarry, are not aware of the geologic and historic value of these stones...or else, there would already be a thriving market for the re-use of these stones in building the (mostly OCWs' ) houses there.... well, here's a business idea!
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 | colors of old age stones... so nice.. |
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| @Pax -- Are you talking about Pinsao Crusher Barangay (which doesn't have a decent road and, by the way, a very muddy road at that)? Most of the stones quarried from there now are of the cream and beige variety.
Mr Enrique Flores and his business for construction materials are recorded in the Who's Who of "Baguio Memoirs." It is said in the book however, that he got into the business after the war. I just wonder though if his father was the one who supplied the earlier buildings in Baguio.
The stairs posted here are those going up the Albert Hall of Teachers Camp. I haven't visited the stairs at Wright Park lately. I hope they are not yet covered with grey concrete.
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 | The rose colored variety is now hard to find. Baguio stone was used in the finishing of some condominium buildings along Felipe Street corner Gibraltar, but maybe because of a different source, they discolored and are now brown.
Buildings with Baguio stone about to be torn down are near the BENECO building in Happy Glen, and an old building now owned by Mrs. Fernandez of BCU along P. Burgos St. Maybe we can still salvage some beautiful rose colored specimens. |
 | galing talaga ni maam . sa 29-30 anjan kami from mt pulag mag photo shoot muna bago baba ng manila . |
| Thank U unay, JP of Abra. |
| Yes, ang cute ko dyan, ano? |
 | if you were a tourist back in the 70s and early 80s you would have a souvenir key chain made out of this in a form of say, strawberry(most popular one).i should know my brother-in-law makes them. |
 | i remember them but took them for granted too at that time. I didn't know that they were unique to baguio.. |
 | These stones were all over Baguio. But the most familiar and accesible location was the quarry infront of City High. We would scavenge loss rocks and make ash trays, hearts, etc... |
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it was mined actually by the flores group of truckings on the hilltops of pinsao, i know the place beacuse i practically grew up at guisad valley which is near pinsao. UP Baguio campus is sitting on these limestone rocks 
