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Escolta - Calvo Bldg

November 19, 2008

In 1950, the Calvo building was home to the studios and corporate offices of the Loreto de F. Hemedes, Inc., later renamed Republic Broadcasting System. Robert “Bob” Stewart of the Uncle Bob fame sent the first signals of radio station DZBB from a makeshift studio on its 4th floor. Seven years after in 1957, that company moved to its current location along EDSA in Quezon City and is now more known as GMA 7 - the Kapuso network.

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(Oct 2008 Photo)

The Calvo Building was built in 1933. Home to the Escolta Museum, where visitors can see miniature models of art deco buildings in Escolta.

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(Oct 2008 Photo)

Very informative and interesting were the artifacts, pictures, assorted vintage bottle collection and scale models of the different architectural building designs of modern Escolta.

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