From the garden, I took this photo of the EDSA weekend noonday traffic as vehicles take a smooth turn towards the Muñoz and Balintawak area. But when I checked my shot I noticed some details that needed some elaboration.
Most noticeable is the Eurotel, very likely so-called because the owners or operators possibly have some affinity with the colors of Italy, red, white and green. Or with the Iglesia ni Cristo which has adopted the same color scheme as its own. I suppose it is more of the first because its nomenclature suggests that it offers some kind of service based on European standards.
It is probably barely noticeable but at the middle of the picture are rusting steel bars which are supposed to be part of the structures for the expansion of the MRT line from its North Avenue end to the Balintawak area where it will “connect” with the old LRT line which runs all the way to Baclaran.
I have written another piece about this unfinished structure using another photo, taken from another angle, which shows how it slows down the flow of traffic towards the Cubao area. Is it possible that some debate is still raging whether there is any way to get SM North EDSA directly accessible from the MRT line, similar to the access available to TriNoma? The Landmark MRT station is just a few hundred meters away from the SM complex, however, making the possibility of another station quite unthinkable. But the unthinkable is not necessarily impossible.
The Sky Garden is of course easily accessible to pedestrians at several points through Chairman BF’s pedestrian bridgeways which adorn the entire intersection of EDSA and North Avenue. But it is easy to presume that more customer traffic can be generated if the Sky Garden is also directly accessible from the MRT line.
If such debate is really on-going, how do you think will it end?
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