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The Marikina city government, known for its shoe-making industry, under Mayor Marides Fernando is responsible for the creation of two giant shoes. The crafting of the shoes were part of a bid to break the Guinness World Records on the "largest shoes in the world" as well as an attempt to boost the city's reputation in shoe-making globally.
The Marikina Shoe Museum is dedicated to footwear and Marikina's shoemaking industry. It also features footwear from foreign cultures as well as shoes worn by well-known individuals such as Filipino celebrities and politicians. [1] The museum's main feature is a portion of criminal convict [8] and former First Lady Imelda Marcos's shoe ...
Hundreds of footwear establishments are located throughout the city, generating thousands of jobs and city financial resources that continue to make the shoe and leather industry the top livelihood in the city. By the 2000s, the Marikina shoe industry was affected by competition from Chinese manufacturers. [61]
Facade of Kapitan Moy Building, a Bahay na bato with its structure of nails and adobe and big capiz windows on the second floor.. Kapitan Moy Building, also known as Cultural Center of Marikina situated in Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines, is the 200-year-old house of Don Laureano Guevarra (July 4, 1851 – December 30, 1891), known as the founder of the Marikina shoe industry.
The pair of giant shoes are on display inside the Shoe Gallery of Riverbanks Mall. 5.29 metres (17.4 ft) long and 2.37 metres (7 ft 9 in) wide, equivalent to a French shoe size of 753, they were created over 77 days between August 5 and October 21, 2002, by Marikina shoe industry business people.
Laureano "Kapitan Moy" Guevarra - pioneer of the shoe-making industry. Potenciano Deguanco - the first pharmacist who graduated in the University of Santo Tomas in 1892. He then opened the first drug store, "FARMACIA MARIQUINA" in his house which was constructed during the Spanish period. Catalino Cruz - mayor of Marikina from 1912 to 1918.
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Sentrong Pangkultura ng Marikina – Known as Kapitan Moy Building, it is the center of culture in Marikina located along J. P. Rizal Street. This 200-year-old building was once owned by Don Jose Guevarra and Don Laureano "Kapitan Moy" Guevarra, the father of shoe industry in the Philippines.