Bay City, Metro Manila
Clockwise from top: Aerial view of Bay City, Solaire Resort & Casino, and the SM Mall of Asia complex. | |
Project | |
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Opening date | 1977 |
Developer | Philippine Reclamation Authority |
Website | Philippine Reclamation Authority |
Physical features | |
Major buildings | SM Mall of Asia, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, DoubleDragon Plaza |
Divisions | Central Business Park, Aseana City, Entertainment City, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Financial Center Area, Asiaworld and Cyber Bay City |
Streets | Jose W. Diokno Boulevard Macapagal Boulevard |
Location | |
Coordinates: 14°31′25″N 120°59′02″E / 14.52365°N 120.98384°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Metro Manila |
Cities | Pasay Parañaque |
Bay City, also known as the Manila Bay Freeport Zone and Manila Bay Area, is the name for the reclamation area on Manila Bay located west of Roxas Boulevard and the Manila–Cavite Expressway in Metro Manila, the Philippines. The area is split between the cities of Manila and Pasay on the north side and Parañaque on the south.[1]
History
The plan was to reclaim 3,000 hectares of land in Manila Bay. The project, formerly known as Boulevard 2000,[2] was initiated by Imelda Marcos in 1977, with the creation of the Public Estate Authority (now Philippine Reclamation Authority) to manage the project. By the end of the Marcos rule in 1986, 660 hectares had been reclaimed, including the 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex. On January 25, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 21 and organized as Manila Bay Freeport Zone.[1][3]
Description
Bay City is administratively divided between the villages of Barangay 719 of Malate, Manila and Barangay 76 of Pasay in the northern Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex-Financial Center Area (CCP-FCA) section, and the villages of Barangay 76 of Pasay and Baclaran, Tambo and Don Galo of Parañaque in the southern Central Business Park and Asiaworld section.
The area is most well known for being home of the
The main road in this area is
.Developments
Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex covers the northernmost portion of Bay City and is under the jurisdiction of two cities, Manila (where it is part of the district of Malate) and Pasay. It is bounded by Manila Bay to the north and west, the Philippine Navy headquarters to the northeast, Roxas Boulevard to the east, and Jose W. Diokno Boulevard to the south. It is divided into two zones: the Art Zone, and the Commercial and Entertainment Zone. It features several brutalist structures designed in the 1960s and 1970s by Leandro Locsin, such as the Tanghalang Pambansa, the Philippine International Convention Center, and the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. Other locators in the complex include the Coconut Palace, the Manila Film Center and Star City amusement park.[4]
Financial Center Area
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Financial Center Area covers the southern half of the CCP-FCA island. It is the first land to be reclaimed under the Boulevard 2000 project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority. It is bounded by Gil Puyat Avenue Extension to the north, and the Libertad Channel to the south. The area includes the Philippine National Bank complex which also houses the Philippine Airlines headquarters, World Trade Center Metro Manila, Philippine Trade Training Center and the Government Service Insurance System complex which hosts the Senate of the Philippines.[5]
Central Business Park
The Central Business Park (CBP) island covers the central portion of Bay City and is divided into three sections. The northernmost section, CBP I-A, has an area of 200 hectares (490 acres) and is home to the SM Central Business Park, the Metropolitan Park of the
Immediately to the south are the CBP I-B and I-C lots occupied by the Aseana Business Park and PAGCOR's 40-hectare (99-acre)
Asiaworld and Cyber Bay City
In the southern portion of Bay City in Parañaque lies Asiaworld, also known as Marina district, a 173-hectare (430-acre) property owned by the family of Tan Yu which contains mostly residential developments such as the gated community of Marina Baytown Village and Burgundy residential towers.[8] It is also the location of the former Uniwide Sales Coastal Mall which formerly housed the Southwest Integrated Bus Terminal (SWITS). The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITx), the successor to SWITS, is situated near the north end of the Manila–Cavite Expressway. The area hosted Michael Jackson's HIStory World Tour concert in December 8 and 10, 1996 in front of 110,000 people.
South of Asiaworld is
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-415-35089-1.
- ^ "Reclamation". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ "Cultural Center of the Philippines". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ "Cultural Center of the Philippines". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Financial Center Area". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "Central Business Park I-A". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Central Business Park I-B and C". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Asiaworld". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
- ^ a b "Three Islands (formerly Amari)". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS) – 2009-2014" (PDF). Wetlands International. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2017.