(Sunken Garden, University of the Philippines)
The Gen. Antonio Luna Parade Grounds, or commonly known as The Sunken Garden, is a 5-hectare natural depression found on the eastern side of the campus and at the end of the Academic Oval circle. It acquired its name Sunken Garden due to its basin-shaped low-level formation that has the deepest point of 65 meters above sea level (contrary to university’s height of over hundreds of meters above sea level).
The Sunken Garden actually sinks by about two inches every year. There are two possible reasons of this sinking: first, it is because of underground trenches that mingle with the campus’ sewer system. These trenches branch from the rear side of NIGS building, Sampaguita Residence Hall, the UP Integrated School, down to the National Institute of Physics, until near the former Narra Residence Hall. These trenches then connects to the so-called Marikina Fault Line, an active geologic structure that runs across the east of Metro Manila. Another theory is that the depression was due to the emptying of former streams in the Sunken Garden that were prominent in the 1950s. These streams formerly run from the Katipunan Avenue, going to the garden itself and leaves the campus for the Commonwealth Avenue.
Nonetheless, The Sunken Garden has been a commonplace mainly because of its overwhelming size and invigorating activities of people around. The abundance of canopies of acacia trees in several roads especially around the academic oval are added attractions to the UP community and the visitors, providing shade and fresh air amidst city congestion.
Why can’t there be more people like this in the world?
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(Source: fivemexicanhomos)
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