Discover Bel-Air
A day in Bel-Air.
Eight moments from one ordinary day. The photograph behind you changes as you scroll.
- 6:30 AMDawnMorning beneath the trees.
The village wakes slowly: joggers, dog-walkers and the first delivery under a canopy that has been growing since the 1950s.
- 8:00 AMMorningThe hall opens.
Hydra Street at eight: the counters open as the towers of Salcedo fill with the working day.
- 10:00 AMMid-morningBusiness in motion.
Offices, banks and clinics across 131 buildings in Salcedo; clearances filed online and released at the counter.
- 12:30 PMNoonLunch in Salcedo.
Office crowds spill into Jaime C. Velasquez Park and the restaurants and cafés around it.
- 3:30 PMAfternoonCommunity and services.
Sports clinics, seniors' programs and the Tulong Bahay crews out on their afternoon calls.
- 5:30 PMGolden hourParks and neighbourhoods.
Children on the play lawn, seniors in the pavilion, a game starting under the trees.
- 7:00 PMEveningCity lights.
Dinner in the village, the avenues lighting up, the towers of the business district at blue hour.
- 9:00 PMAfter darkBel-Air after dark.
A festival of lights at the Triangle, a stage lit for the evening, the tanod patrol running late.