Citizens Sketching Cagayan de Oro's Vanishing Heritage
In Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, a citizen movement is growing to document the city's vanishing historical structures through urban sketching. Participants, ranging from art students to the general public, are striving to preserve the city's memories before they are lost to urban development.
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