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RenoVISION

2025

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Built in the 1930s and after surviving World War II, Vision Theater was once Colon Street’s cinema hub in Cebu City. Now a shadow of its past, it has found a new purpose in the 21st century. But what lurks in the new vision of this historic neoclassical landmark today?

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