Jose Laurel Street, historically known as ''Calle conde de Avilés'', is a tree-lined street in the district of
San Miguel in north-central
Manila
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,
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. It runs parallel to the
Pasig River
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from the
Nagtahan Interchange south-westwards to Nicanor Padilla and General Solano Streets. It is where
Malacañang Palace
Malacañang Palace ( fil, Palasyo ng Malakanyang, ; es, Palacio de Malacañán), officially known as Malacañan Palace, is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the Philippines. It is located in the Manila distric ...
and several other government buildings are located.
The street has had several different names throughout the years, including ''Calzada de San Miguel'', ''Calle de Malacañang'' (west of Estero de Aviles or present-day San Rafael Street), and ''Calle de Uliuli'' (east of Estero de Aviles), but by the 1870s, it was known as ''Calle conde de Avilés''. It was named after Don José Vicente de Áviles, ''el Conde de Avilés'', who financed the extension of the street to the Rotonda de
Sampaloc, which is now the Nagtahan Interchange.
A small plaza across
Malacañang Palace
Malacañang Palace ( fil, Palasyo ng Malakanyang, ; es, Palacio de Malacañán), officially known as Malacañan Palace, is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the Philippines. It is located in the Manila distric ...
was also named after Áviles. It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of the ''
tranvía
The tranvía was a streetcar system that served Manila and its surrounding cities during the early years of the 20th century.
History
Prior to the tranvia, modes of street transportation in Manila are mostly horse-drawn, consisting of the ''c ...
'' that existed until 1945. In 1959, the street was renamed to its present name in honor of a former resident of the palace and
president
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
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President may also refer to:
Automobiles
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,
José Paciano Laurel
José Paciano Laurel y García (; March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the president of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state during World War II, from 1943 ...
.
Other notable buildings along the street include Casa Roces,
College of the Holy Spirit
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Founded in 1913, College of the Holy Spirit Manila ...
, the
National Shrine of Saint Jude, the
National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels and the
Philippine Commission on Women
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. Public access to Laurel Street is generally restricted for security reasons. The nearest
LRT Line 2
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station is
Legarda station.
Gallery
File:0378jfManila Malacañang San Miguel Church Barangays Laurel Streetfvf 13.jpg, Jose Laurel Street's western gate near the National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels
File:0378jfManila Malacañang San Miguel Church Barangays Laurel Streetfvf 06.jpg, Old house
File:MalacañangPalacejf2356 07.JPG, The Mabini Hall of the Malacañang Palace complex at 1000 Jose Laurel Street
File:0406jfManila Malacañang San Miguel Garden Fences Barangays Laurel Streetfvf 01.jpg, Street sign
See also
*
Mendiola Street
Mendiola Street (simply known as "Mendiola") is a short thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. The street is named after Enrique Mendiola, an educator, textbook author, and member of the first Board of Regents of the University of the Philippi ...
*
List of eponymous streets in Manila
References
Streets in Manila
San Miguel, Manila
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