Frost Plan (also known as the Frost-Arellano Plan) was the popular name for the Plan of Quezon City, co-authored by
Juan M. Arellano
Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán (April 25, 1888 – December 5, 1960), or Juan M. Arellano, was a Filipino architect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan Theater (1935), Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of Fi ...
and Harry Frost, together with Alpheus Williams and Louis Croft. The plan was approved in 1941, two years after the creation of
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
.
The Plan was revised in 1949.
Background
On October 12, 1939, Commonwealth Act. No. 502 was enacted, which created Quezon City. The following barrios or sitios:
Balingasa
Balingasa, commonly known as Balintawak and Cloverleaf, is an administrative division in eastern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay located in Quezon City, at the city's western boundary with Caloocan.
The barangay's border ...
, Balintawak, Galas, Kaingin, Kangkong, La Loma, Malamig, Masambong, Matalahib, San Isidro, San Jose, Santol, and
Tatalon
Tatalon is a Barangays of Quezon City, barangay of Quezon City, Philippines. According to 2015 Census, it has a population of 63,129 people.
History
Tatalon was originally a part of Caloocan but it was carved out of the city in 1939 pursuant to ...
from
Caloocan
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; Cubao, the western half of Diliman, Kamuning, New Manila, Roxas, and San Francisco del Monte from
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* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
; Balara, Barangka, the eastern half of Diliman, Jesus de la Peña and
Krus na Ligas from
Marikina
Marikina (), officially the City of Marikina ( fil, Lungsod ng Marikina), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 456,159 people.
It is loca ...
; Libis, Santolan and Ugong Norte from
Pasig
Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
It is located along the ...
, Greenhills and the nearby areas surrounding
Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
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The complex features two 18-hole championship courses, landscaped terrains, gardens and villas.
History
Wack Wac ...
from
Mandaluyong
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Loca ...
, and some barrios from Montalban and San Mateo were to be given to the new capital city. Instead of opposing them, the seven towns willingly gave land to Quezon City in the belief that it would benefit the country's new capital.
On July 14, 1948, Republic Act No. 333 was enacted which established the Capital City Planning Commission, headed by Architect Juan M. Arellano, to craft the master plan for the proposed capital city.
Aspects of the Plan
National Government Center
In the 1941 Plan, the National Government Center was supposed to be located around the
Quezon Memorial Circle
The Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The park is located inside a large traffic circle in the shape of an ellipse and bounded by the Elliptical Road and is the main park of Quezon Cit ...
. The Capitol Building housing the Legislature was supposed to be built in the middle of the Circle, with the Executive Mansion or the Presidential Palace to its left (now the present site of the
Veterans Memorial Medical Center
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) and the
Supreme Court
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to its right (now the present site of
East Avenue Medical Center
The East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) is a government-owned tertiary general hospital located in Central, Quezon City, Philippines.
History
The EAMC was established as the GSIS General Hospital under the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS ...
). The site of Constitution Hill was originally reserved for the
Philippine Military Academy
The Philippine Military Academy ( fil, Akademiyang Militar ng Pilipinas / es, Academia Militar de Filipinas) also referred to by its acronym PMA is the premier military academy for Filipinos aspiring for a commission as a military officer of ...
.
The centerpiece of the 1949 Plan is the Constitution Hill, in which is now known as
Batasan Hills
Batasan Hills is a barangay of Quezon City, Philippines. The barangay was originally planned as the National Government Center of the Philippines. The Batasang Pambansa Complex, which sits atop the Constitution Hill, is the legislative session ...
. It shall contain the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of the Philippine Government.
References
{{Quezon City
Urban planning in the Philippines
City plans