ZAMBOANGA CITY HALL: 2000 TO 2012

Zamboanga City Hall is a real historical landmark of Zamboanga City considering that it is already a century old.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Zamboanga_City#b

Zamboanga City Hall - The construction of this building started in 1905 and was completed in 1907 by the Federal Government of the United States for the then American Governors of the area which included: Leonard 0. Wood, Tasker H. Bliss, Ralph W. Hoyt, and Gen. John Pershing of World War I fame. Today, this serves as the City Hall of Zamboanga City where the Mayor holds office.

in 2011

in June 2009

The Zamboanga City Hall is a focal point of the City and during the Christmas season

WHY?

...because of the festive air with all the beautiful lights of the City hall itself and also in the adjacent plazas.
...this is an update of these previous links which I thought I should do to complete the comparisons through the years...

http://inpinaysfootsteps.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html

http://inpinaysfootsteps.blogspot.com/2011/12/zamboanga-city-hall-lights-circa.html  

2000.

2007.

Just wanted to capture the perfect moment with less than perfect shots...

2008.
The Zamboanga City Hall is now more colorful this Christmas.

2010.

Embellishing the century-old City Hall has improved a lot over the years... the lights are brighter and the colors more varied.

They may have spent more, but I think they also made a lot of people happier -- young and old... from ZC and visitors, too.

There is snow in Zamboanga City!

The lights really attracted everyone...and these white flakes you see are not artifacts/specks of the picture but "snow".

How everyone wanted to see the "snow"!

And young and old alike were just excited about it.

Yippeeee!!! We ♥ it here!

ZAMBOANGA CITY HALL 2010.

And the surrounding plazas were also brightly adorned with the neon-lit Plaza Pershing and the meaningful Belen in Plaza Rizal.

The entrance to Plaza Pershing and the gazebo all add up to the Christmas-y air!
And of course, the giant Christmas tree inside!

the brightly lit gazebo in Plaza Pershing

The Nativity Scene in Plaza Rizal is also as attractive and eye-catching! 

the tableau of the nativity in Plaza Rizal near ZC City Hall

A friend commented, that he didn't see this in Cebu that the Zamboanga City Hall area was so beautifully lighted for Christmas.

2011.

I posted about our century-old City Hall separately last year with this link: http://inpinaysfootsteps.blogspot.com/2011/12/zamboanga-city-hall-lights-circa.html  

And the adjacent plazas were also brightly adorned with the neon-lit Plaza Pershing and the meaningful Belen in Plaza Rizal.

2012.

I just had a glimpse of the Zamboanga City Hall this year!  They just lighted the ZC City Hall together with the other parks just a few days ago!
Everyone again drives around the area or strolls around, of course, for all the photo opportunities!

And a glimpse of the neighboring Plaza Pershing...

We still have to stroll around our parks and have a closer view of the lights and the Belen in Plaza Rizal...

And also move on to the Christmas tree in Paseo Del Mar...

Since ZC is a smaller city, we are so happy to see Christmas in the air in the heart of our City every year!!!. 

ZAMBOANGA PLAZA PERSHING LIGHTS AND FOUNTAIN circa CHRISTMAS 2011

Christmas is always a beautiful season and when the lights of the Zamboanga City Hall lights up starting the first of December, everyone again flocks for the photo ops and family-and-friend bondings.

This year, the lights has extended to the newly renovated Plaza Pershing and this time, the photo opportunities have extended much more.

My eyes were amazed by the beauty of the lights and the scenes, so pardon to those with me, that it took so long for me to go around the whole area!

Let us enjoy the Plaza Pershing lights...

Here we are with the Plaza Pershing in the backdrop!

We are now in Plaza Pershing! 

It is picture taking time!

Our Christmas trees look funny... indeed with twists, and so they look like seals with a ball...or maybe, it was intended to be!

We go closer to the Christmas trees...

And there are also Gingerbread houses...and giant candy canes!

And of course, the original historical gazebo is ever beautiful. Note, that it has the 1915 mark.

And don't forget the stage, which has been the venue of many concerts. community activities and "miting-de-advances"!!!

But, a new highlight of Plaza Pershing is the dancing fountain, which of course, took too much of my time. This is a small dancing fountain but still very interesting with the design of the jets and of course, the color changes!
(P.S. The fountain shots were taken with the Nikon Coolpix P300 compact camera)

met friends with their family here...

Doesn't the dancing fountain lift up our spirits!!!

We finally have to go...

Just happy to be there... the place is beautiful... and most of all, happy to be with people you like to be with!!!