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Manila Bay Etc Remembering Old Times
Manila Bay Etc Remembering Old Times
However, when Mayor Alfredo Lim took office in 2007, he removed the establishments along Baywalk.
Since then, vagrants have occupied the area and the once vibrant seaside promenade was gone.
Afterwards, the national government undertook a rehabilitation of the Baywalk after it was destroyed by
storm surges.
Route description
Roxas Boulevard starts at Rizal Park as a physical continuation of Bonifacio Drive. The road passes
through many tall buildings, restaurants, banks, monuments, and other establishments. The United
States Embassy is in the Luneta area; a kilometer south the headquarters of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) and Philippine Navy are located within the Malate district of Manila. After the BSP building, the
boulevard enters Pasay, passing through the CCP Complex and Star City. It then intersects with Gil Puyat
Avenue, where it ascends through the Gil Puyat flyover. It then parallels Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.
It ascends again to intersect EDSA through the flyover of the same name. A few meters after passing
EDSA, it enters Paranaque, continues into a straight route until it ends on an intersection with NAIA
Expressway, where the road continues south as Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) which is also
known as Coastal Road.
City Beautiful movement
Original concept
"In order to make the boulevard presentable and useful as soon as possible, a quick-growing tree like
the acacia might be planted, alternating with the trees of slower growth, and be replaced after the latter
attain their growth. The boulevard's seaward side should be planted so as to interrupt occasionally the
view of the sea and, by thus adding somewhat of mystery, enhance the value of the stretch of ocean and
sky. The boulevard would be on reclaimed land to about as far south as the Old Fort San Antonio Abad in
Malate, beyond which it strikes the beach and follows the shore line to Cavite. The possible extension of
the ocean boulevard along the north shore would naturally depend upon the development of the town
in that direction and upon the question of additional harbor works north of the Pasig River.