Norma I. Alarcon, obtained her BS Architecture (1970) and MS Architecture (1985) from the University of Santo Tomas. A Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines, she teaches at UST with the rank of Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Associate Professorial Lecturer at the Graduate School.

In 2003-2004, she obtained a research fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council New York. The photographs contained in this book were retrieved from the US National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland, US Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library.

Published in 2008 by University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

212 pages