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Adriatico is known primarily for its restaurants and bars centered around Manila's Korea Town between Pedro Gil and San Andres Streets, considered the center of bohemian nightlife in the city. [ 3 ] The street was named in 1964 after Macario Adriatico , a Filipino parliamentarian from Mindoro and author of Manila's city charter.
North Port Passenger Terminal (also known as Terminal 2) is a terminal for passenger ferries, roll-on/roll-off ferries (RORO), and cruise ships located on Pier 4, Manila North Harbor, Port of Manila, Philippines. It is owned by Manila North Harbour Port Inc. and opened on October 9, 2013.
Manila Bay (Filipino: Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Bahía de Manila) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines.Strategically located around the capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and its neighboring countries, [1] becoming the gateway for socio-economic development even prior to Spanish occupation.
The Manila Hotel is a 550-room, historic five-star hotel located along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines. [3] The hotel is the oldest premiere hotel in the Philippines built in 1909 to rival Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. It was opened on the commemoration of American Independence on July 4, 1912 ...
Established sometime in the 19th century, there is a lack of verifiable information regarding the restaurant's early history. [1] The restaurant, through its signage, markets itself as having established in 1888 [1] but according to The Governor-General's Kitchen: Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes, 1521–1935 of food historian Felice Santa Maria, the restaurant was established ...
Cavite Boulevard was part of Architect Daniel Burnham's plan to beautify the city of Manila. [11] At the request of Commissioner William Cameron Forbes, Burnham visited the country in 1905 at the height of the City Beautiful movement, a trend in the early 1900s in America to make cities beautiful along scientific lines, for the future urban development of Manila and Baguio.
Recto Avenue just west of Rizal Avenue in Santa Cruz. What is known today as Recto Avenue was developed in sections during Spanish rule.The main section leading to the coast in San Nicolas and Tondo from Binondo was named Paseo de Azcárraga, after the Spanish Filipino Prime Minister of Spain, Marcelo Azcárraga.
Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, officially J. W. Diokno Boulevard, is a 4.38-kilometer (2.72 mi) long major collector road that runs north–south along the eastern perimeter of the SM Mall of Asia complex and parallel to Macapagal Boulevard in Bay City, Metro Manila, Philippines.