West Avenue is a major road located in
Quezon City within the Diliman area of northeastern
Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs north–south through the western edge of the
barangay of West Triangle. The street is located in Quezon City's commercial-residential area, known for its restaurants, car shops, schools, and villages. It is also home to the old Delta theater located on the avenue's junction with
Quezon Avenue. The avenue is a component of National Route 171 (N171) of the
Philippine highway network.
Route description
West Avenue is a four-lane road located at the heart of Quezon City's residential-commercial district. It begins at its junction with EDSA west of North Avenue by the border with the central Diliman barangays of Bungad and
Phil-Am. It heads south from this junction to cross Baler Street and Examiner Street towards the intersection with Del Monte Avenue. The avenue terminates at the junction with
Quezon Avenue, west of Timog Avenue, in barangays West Triangle and
Santa Cruz.
History
Previously called as Kanluran Avenue (
Tagalog
Tagalog may refer to:
Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
for west), the avenue forms the western boundary of the formerly proposed Diliman Quadrangle within the former Diliman Estate also known as Hacienda de Tuason, purchased by the
Philippine Commonwealth government in 1939 as the new capital to replace
Manila.
It was originally planned as the new city's Central Park housing the new national government buildings (the new presidential palace, Capitol Building, and Supreme Court complex) within the elliptical site now known as 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 quadrangle is bordered on the north by
North Avenue, on the east by
East Avenue, on the south by
Timog (South) Avenue, and on the west by West Avenue. Designed by American city planner
William E. Parsons
William Edward Parsons (June 19, 1872 - December 17, 1939) was an architect and city planner known for his works in the Philippines during the early period of American colonization in the country. As the consulting architect to the Philippine go ...
and Harry Frost, in collaboration with engineer AD Williams and architects
Juan Arellano and Louis Croft, the site was also to contain the national exposition grounds opposite the corner of North Avenue and EDSA (now occupied by
SM City North EDSA).
The Diliman Quadrangle had been largely undeveloped for decades due to lack of funding. After several revisions, the government planners moved the city center to Novaliches due to its higher elevation.
By 1976, the country's capital had been transferred back to Manila with only the Quezon Memorial built in the former capital site.
Intersections
References
{{Road infrastructure in Manila
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Restaurant districts and streets in the Philippines