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class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Streamline_Moderne" title="Streamline Moderne">Streamline Moderne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">Taft Avenue, <a href="/wiki/Ermita,_Manila" class="mw-redirect" title="Ermita, Manila">Ermita, Manila</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&params=14_35_5_N_120_59_3_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">14°35′5″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°59′3″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">14.58472°N 120.98417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">14.58472; 120.98417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1939</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1940</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Demolished</th><td class="infobox-data">July 15, 2000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">four</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welton_Becket" title="Welton Becket">Welton Becket</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Manila Jai Alai Building</b> was a building designed by American architects <a href="/wiki/Welton_Becket" title="Welton Becket">Welton Becket</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Wurdeman" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Wurdeman">Walter Wurdeman</a> that functioned as a building for which <a href="/wiki/Jai_alai" title="Jai alai">jai alai</a> games were held.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellerbe_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellerbe-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was built in the <a href="/wiki/Streamline_Moderne" title="Streamline Moderne">Streamline Moderne</a> style in 1940 and survived the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1945)" title="Battle of Manila (1945)">Battle of Manila</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was considered as the finest <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> building in Asia, until its demolition.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was demolished in 2000 upon the orders of the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Manila" title="Mayor of Manila">Mayor of Manila</a> <a href="/wiki/Lito_Atienza" title="Lito Atienza">Lito Atienza</a> amidst protests, to make way for the Manila Hall of Justice, which was never built.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The building was located adjacent to the old Legislative Building now the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_(Manila)" title="National Museum of Fine Arts (Manila)">National Museum of Fine Arts</a>. Composed of four storeys, the building's Sky Room was "the place to be seen" in its day. The building's cylindrical glass facade was meant to evoke the velocity of the game, which was then a craze in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was damaged during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1945)" title="Battle of Manila (1945)">Battle of Manila</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> but was repaired. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline">Decline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the Sky Room became a venue of meetings and receptions during the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">Commonwealth</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1946%E2%80%931965)" title="History of the Philippines (1946–1965)">early years after Independence</a>, the building had degenerated into a place of game-rigging, syndication and other forms of cheating.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several murders have been said to have occurred there, as disputes on gambling on the results of jai alai games were prevalent.<sup id="cite_ref-inquirer_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquirer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the game per se was banned in the country due to allegations of <a href="/wiki/Match_fixing" title="Match fixing">game fixing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demolition">Demolition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demolition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Lito_Atienza" title="Lito Atienza">Lito Atienza</a> was elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Manila" title="Mayor of Manila">Mayor of Manila</a> in 1998, he immediately undertook several <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> projects in the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> One of the targets was the demolition of the now decrepit Jai-Alai Building. The vicinity had been taken over by vagrants, and the games transferred to <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Plaza" title="Harrison Plaza">Harrison Plaza</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malate,_Manila" title="Malate, Manila">Malate, Manila</a>. An effort by the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Culture_and_the_Arts_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines)">National Commission for Culture and the Arts</a> (NCCA), the <a href="/wiki/National_Historical_Commission_of_the_Philippines" title="National Historical Commission of the Philippines">National Historical Institute</a> (NHI), the Heritage Conservation Society and other heritage conservationists opposed the demolition. Atienza, a frequent bettor on jai alai in his youth, would replace the building with a new building for the city's courts.<sup id="cite_ref-inquirer_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquirer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conservationists attempted to at least save the building's facade, but were rejected since aside from being inconsistent with the intended function as a court and the building's association with gambling, the facade would be incompatible with the new building's <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Neoclassical style">neoclassical style</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-inquirer_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquirer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-demolition">Post-demolition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-demolition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_Service_Insurance_System" title="Government Service Insurance System">Government Service Insurance System</a> (GSIS) was given the lot where the building once stood in 2005. The new building for city's courts, on the other hand, will be built on the site of the old GSIS building near <a href="/wiki/Manila_City_Hall" title="Manila City Hall">Manila City Hall</a> along Arroceros street, beside SM City Manila.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 22, 2012, there was a so-called "<a href="/wiki/Ground-breaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-breaking">ground-breaking</a>" for a new House of Justice hall on the lot with the GSIS old building, the eighth such ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-PhilStar_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilStar-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "ground-breaking" was symbolic and did not signal the start of construction as bidding for the engineering, design and construction had not taken place yet.<sup id="cite_ref-PhilStar_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilStar-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The demolition led to the passage of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cultural_Heritage_Act" title="National Cultural Heritage Act">National Cultural Heritage Act</a> of 2009 and other efforts to preserve historic buildings, which has had mixed results.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The vacant lot behind the building became the site of the <a href="/wiki/Torre_de_Manila" title="Torre de Manila">Torre de Manila</a>, which was completed in 2019. It became controversial in itself because of the building being in the sightline of the <a href="/wiki/Rizal_Monument" title="Rizal Monument">Rizal Monument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila_Jai_Alai_Building&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Ellerbe-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ellerbe_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313094636/http://www.ellerbebecket.com/legacy/project/7_317/Jai_Alai_Auditorium.html">"Jai Alai Auditorium Manila, Philippines"</a>. 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