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Pablo Ocampo Street, also known simply as Ocampo Street Extension and formerly and still referred to as Vito Cruz Street, is an inner city main road in
Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
,
Philippines
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. It runs west–east for about connecting the southern districts of
Malate and
San Andres southeast to the adjacent city of
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
.
Originally called Vito Cruz Street after Hermógenes Vito Cruz, the 19th century mayor of Pineda (present-day
Pasay
Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...
), the street was renamed in 1989 in honor of the
Filipino
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statesman and lawyer
Pablo Ocampo. Its section in south central Malate was known as Calle Connor in the 1920s, when it was then a short street in the district before extending towards the
Manila South Cemetery
The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila. It is an exclave of San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of Makati.
History
The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Haciend ...
.
The Manila section runs from
Roxas Boulevard near the
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex heading east through the city's southern limits in Malate district. It crosses
Harrison Avenue
Francis Burton Harrison Avenue, more commonly known as F.B. Harrison Avenue or simply Harrison Avenue (formerly F.B. Harrison Street or Harrison Street), is a major north-south collector road in Pasay, western Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a fo ...
and
Taft Avenue
Taft Avenue ( fil, Abenida Taft; es, Avenida Taft) is a major road in the south of Metro Manila. It passes through three cities in the metropolis: Manila, Pasay and Parañaque. The road was named after the former Governor-General of the Philippin ...
, passing beneath
LRT Line 1. From there, it continues for another kilometer past the Singalong area and southwestern San Andres district toward
Osmeña Highway. Upon entering Makati east of Osmeña Highway, the road turns east at Kamagong Street where it becomes Pablo Ocampo Extension or Vito Cruz Extension. It passes through barangays La Paz, San Antonio, and Santa Cruz in northwestern Makati until it meets its eastern terminus at
South Avenue, west of the
Manila South Cemetery
The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila. It is an exclave of San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of Makati.
History
The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Haciend ...
. The street carries two-way traffic, except for its section from Taft to Arellano Avenues that carries one-way eastbound traffic and from Arellano to
Chino Roces Avenues that carries one-way westbound traffic.
Pablo Ocampo Street is served by the
Vito Cruz LRT Station along Taft Avenue and the
Vito Cruz railway station along Osmeña Highway. It also extends into the CCP Complex and
Bay City area west of Roxas Boulevard as Pedro Bukaneg Street.
Landmarks
Pablo Ocampo Street is the site of the
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex
The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC; formerly known as Rizal Memorial Field) is a national sports complex of the Philippines, located on Pablo Ocampo St. (formerly Vito Cruz St.), Malate, Manila. It is named in honor of the country's national ...
with the
art deco-style Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 10,000.
History 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games
The Far Eastern Championsh ...
fronting the intersection with
Adriatico Street
Adriatico Street is a north–south road connecting Ermita and Malate districts in Manila, Philippines. Its northern terminus is at Padre Faura Street in Ermita carrying southbound traffic all the way to Quirino Avenue in Malate. South of Quirino, ...
, and the
Rizal Memorial Coliseum just behind it. On the opposite corner of Adriatico is Century Park Hotel and
Harrison Plaza
Harrison Plaza (HP) was a shopping mall situated along Harrison Avenue corner Pablo Ocampo Street in the district of Malate in Manila, Philippines. Opened in 1976 and closed in 2019, it was the first modern and major shopping mall located in t ...
, one of Manila's first modern shopping centers. Across the street from the plaza is the Embassy of Vietnam,
Fo Guang Shan Mabuhay Temple and Orchid Garden Suites. The street also hosts the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas headquarters at the junction with Roxas Boulevard where Legaspi Towers 300 is also located. Near the intersection with Taft Avenue stand several condominium towers, such as the Cityland Vito Cruz Towers and Torre Lorenzo.
The street also provides access to the
De La Salle University
De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...
and
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (Filipino: ''Dalubhasaan ng De La Salle San Benildo;'' French:'' Collège De La Salle de Sainte Benilde''), also known as Benilde and abbreviated DLS–CSB or simply CSB, is a private, Catholic research c ...
campuses located just north of the intersection with Taft Avenue.
Arellano University School of Law is also accessible via Donada Street, a street connected to Vito Cruz. It is also the site of
Saint Scholastica's College and School of Arts and Design of De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, which houses the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design. In the
San Andres and Makati areas east of Osmeña Highway, the street hosts the Rafael Palma Elementary School, Kingswood Towers, Savana Market, Shopwise Makati, the relocated
Mapúa University Makati Campus, and the
Manila South Cemetery
The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila. It is an exclave of San Andres, Manila surrounded by land under the jurisdiction of the city of Makati.
History
The land which the cemetery occupies was previously part of the Haciend ...
at its terminus.
See also
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Major roads in Manila
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List of renamed streets in Manila
This is a partial list of streets or roads in Metro Manila, Philippines, that underwent a name change in the past.
Background
Many place names in the country were changed after the islands achieved full sovereignty in 1946, following nearly four c ...
References
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Streets in Manila
Malate, Manila
San Andres, Manila