IN the book 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die: The World's Architectural Masterpieces by Mark Irving, there is only one entry from the Philippines. That building was opened, still unfinished, in 1921, exactly 100 years ago last October 3.
The De La Salle College Building (or LS Building, now the St. La Salle Hall), according to the handwritten notes of DLSC Director Albinus Peter, FSC (courtesy of Ian Saulog of the De La Salle Brothers Archives), accommodated that day 425 boys, 250 of whom were half boarders. The first La Salle in Calle Nozaleda corner Herran (Pedro Gil), established in 1911, had already run out of space for the growing number of students. They held their last class there on Sept. 24, 1921.
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