Here is a picture of EDSA that intersects Pasong Tamo Extension. This is the area below the flyover. This was the area where the Mantrade building used to be located. It is now occupied by the San Lorenzo Place construction site and showroom. Across from it, now stands Save More Supermarket. The jeep you see passed through a narrow tunnel, from the eastern side of Pasong Tamo (i.e. coming from FTI). Going west, the jeep goes through Chino Roces Ave. (Pasong Tamo's new name) all the way to PRC.
When I was trying to figure out how to get to Alphaland Southgate Mall from Chino Roces Avenue, I realized that you had to take the jeep that's specifically labelled "DPC Ext". Otherwise, the jeep from Chino Roces would only take passengers to this area you see in the picture--not the other side. From Chino Roces, the jeep wouldn't go through the tunnel unlike the jeep you see above.
The next picture (directly above) shows that area under the flyover where the jeeps pass in order to get to the other side of Chino Roces Ave--or the Pasong Tamo Extension. From this view, it looks ordinary from where I'm standing. The view is different if I turn around from where I stand.
Where did that fountain come from? This area under the flyover is actually beautified into a park / plant shelter. Here's another picture of it. Here you can see a row of bushes. If you go around this area, you'd see more plants and some flowery plants as well. I guess this project is part and parcel of making Metro Manila beautiful and clean. You'd be reminded of MMDA's theme of "Metro Gwapo." This isn't the only area under a flyover where they tried to beautify the place. Something quite similar was also done under the flyover along C-5 / Ortigas Avenue Extension.
When I first discovered this area, I was really amused. What I thought was a dead end, wasn't really "dead" at all!
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