Parks and Landmarks in Metro Manila

Central Station

Nearest LRT station in Mehan garden

pathwalk

The top of the walls were then made into ___________ for promenades of PAco park

Orosa Hall

3 Art Deco Building in Balara Filter PArk 1. Escoda hall 2. ___________ 2. Italian Style Chapel

Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz

A Public square in Binondo in front of Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz. Also known as the center of Binondo

Plaza Moriones

A linear plaza in Tondo Manila starting from the intersection of Moriones street and Juan Luna St.

Plaza Moraga

A plaza in manila that serves as the gateway to Manila's Chinatown Binondo.. it is also located at the foot of Jones Bridge

Plaza de Espana

A triangular plaza with a monument of King Philip II at the center

Marikina river park

An urban riverside park running through 6 villages and has the biggest roller skating rink in the Philippines

60 ha

Area of Balara Filter PArk

5 ha

Area of Malacanang palace

2.2 ha

Area of Manila's last lung

220 ha

Area of Marikina Park

2.8 ha

Area of Mehan Garden

0.4 ha

Area of Paco park

5 ha

Area of Sunken garden , basin shaped

1000 sqm

Area of Tandang Sora National Shrine (sqm)

36 ha

Area of elliptical lot where the QMC shrine stands

16 ha

Area of man-made forest garden houses inside UP Diliman a collection of more than 9,000 tropical plants of about 77 unique species. It is one of few rainforests of its size located entirely within Metro Manila

27 ha

Area of urban park in QMC

Sebastian Vidal

Best known director of the mehan garden. Came to the country in 1871 to work in forest service

Mehan garden

Botanical garden in an open space of Manila, called the jardin botanico, outside the walled city. One of the botanical garden established in Asia by European colonial powers

Osmena Ave

Carillon tower and plaza Located between University theater and UP film along ______________

Delonix regia (Rain tree)

Common trees find in UP Arboretum 1. Parkia Javanica (Kupang) 2. Swietenia macrophylla ( Mahagony) 3. ______________

33 ha

Covering area of La Mesa Eco Park

Wilfredo Dizon

Designer of Manila's Last lung

Lawton area

Despite Arrocerros' small size, it is considered an important feature of the city in providing fresh air to the ________________, which is transversed by many commuters from other cities in the region.

West

Facing orientation of the oblation statue

Nielson field

Former name of Ayala triangle served as a Manila's pre World War II airport with 42ha

Calle Anlouage

Former name of Juan Luna Street on the west side of Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz

Plaza Lawton

Former name of Liwasang Bonifacio, located in the front of Manila Post office in Ermita District . Historically known as Plaza del Fortin

Calle Rosario

Former name of Quintin paredes street bounded in plaza San Lorenzo ruiz

66 m

Height QMC shrine representing the age of Quezon when he died in tuberculosis

130 ft

Height of Carillon Tower in UP Diliman , also known as first in the country (ft)

3.5 m

Height of Oblation Statue

1.05 m

Height of world peace bell located in QMC

2.2 km

How long the Academic oval in UP Diliman

150 m

How long the Beta way in UP Diliman that connects Melchor Hall on the northern side of the campus, with Palma Hall on the south.

Honorio Lopez

In 2010, another monument was erected at the plaza in memory of _________________, a Tondo-born playwright who fought in the Philippine Revolution.

Plaza Miranda

It is the plaza which fronts the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church), one of the main churches of the City of Manila, and is considered as the center of Quiapo as a whole.

La Mesa Dam

It occupies the Old Balara Filter Plantation , one of the main treatment facility of water coming from ______________

runaway

It was converted as a road now forms as ayala triangle bounderies

IP Santos

Landscape Architect designed the Mehan garden

Kew Garden

Largest Botanical garden in the world with 50,000 living species of plants

Makati Park and Gardens

Largest public park and a riverfront in Makati with 3.5 ha along JP Rizal Ave. West Rembo

Oblation plaza

Located at the end of the University Avenue,f UP Diliman it was inaugurated in 1974 and designed by Nathaniel John Gerochi Dueñas.

Arrocerros forest park

Located on the Antonio Villages in the central district of Ermita at the foot of Quezon Bridge

350

Made of concrete and painted to simulate bronze, the statue measures 3.5 meters in height, symbolizing the ______________years of Spanish rule in the Philippines.

Francisco Manosa

Made the masterplan of QMC park in 1980's

Liwasang Bonifacio

Makati park Sometimes called Fort Bonifacio Riverside park and ____________________ by residents

La Intrepida

Name of sculpture in Balara windmill dedicated to Mother Philippines as she rides in two carabao

Central station

Nearest LRT Station in Arrocerros park

Carriedo station

Nearest LRT Station in Plaza Lacson

3

No. of Huge swimming pool in Balara Filter park

Plaza Goiti

Old name of Plaza Lacson

Cementerio general de dilao

Original name of Paco park

General del Pilar Parade Grounds

Other name of Sunken Garden Behind Gonzalez Hall in UP Diliman

Muralla St.

Plaza Espana is a diminutive open space in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines formed by the intersection of Andres Soriano Avenue, Solana Street and ____________

Binondo Church, Manila

San Lorenzo Ruiz is also known as

Ellipse

Shape of Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz with fountain at each end

Octogonal

Shape of floating gazebo in Makati park and gardens

Bel Air

The Ayala Triangle Gardens is located in the Salcedo Village portion of ___________________Village by its border with San Lorenzo and Urdaneta Villages.

Quezon Hall

The Hall in UP Diliman where the oblation statue stands, also known as the front most building from university Ave.

Horacio Dimanlig

The Landscape Architect who designed the Carillon Plaza in UP Diliman between University Theater and UP Film

Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System

The Metropolitan water District was rename the National Waterworks Sewerage system in1955 and replaced it to _____________________ in 1971 for Balara Filter park

Hyde park

The Park in London where the Ayala triangle inspired

Alexander Pushkin

The Russian poet monument inside Mehan Garden

UP Arboretum

The botanical garden located in UP Diliman

Malate Church

The church at the front of Rajah Sulayman park

Acacia

The common tree that you can see in around sunken garden and oval

Sampaguita

The flowering plants holding by mourning angels at the top of phylon of QMC shrine

fig leaf

The leaf covering the exposed male genitalia, the addition suggested by President Jorge F. Bocobo (1934-1939) supposedly as a concession to the prevailing morality at the time.

Sigaw ng Tondo

The monument at the end of Plaza Moriones sculped by Eduardo CAstrillo

Balara Filter Park

The park located in Pansol Quezon City, one of the oldest recreational areas in Quezon City that first opened in 1953

Plaza Dilao

The plaza located in Paco, manila bounded by Quirino Ave. to East and also one of the freedom parks in Manila

Carriedo

The replica of fountain in Sta. Cruz Manila located in Balara Filter Park designed by Napoleon Abueva

Quezon Boulevard

The road located at the east of Plaza Miranda, Quiapo at North , Hidtalgo st. at south and Evangelista street on the west

granite tiles and concrete bricks

The tiles and bricks used as pavement in Plaza Miranda and Plza San Lorenzo Ruiz

Unibersidad de Manila

The university inside Mehan garden

rain trees

TheAyal traiangle park has over a hundred trees of several different types, including _________________, golden palms, fire trees, kamuning and podocarpus.

Quezon City

This City is the fifth Rotary Peace Community in the Philippines and 25th in the world. The peace monument was inaugurated on December 7, 1999. The peace monument is alreasy errected inside the ground of QMC park

Plaza Lacson

This plaza is not considered as the center of Sta. Cruz Manila but The heart of Manila

493 ha

Total Area of UP Diliman

5358 sqm

Total area of Plaza Miranda (Sqm)

2227 sqm

Total area of Plaza Moriones (sqm)

Narra

Trees you can see in the perimeter o Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz

Frederick Illustre

Won in QMC shrine project design contest held in 1951

2001

Year created the Makati park and gardens as part of the Linear park project of Pasig river rehabilation

2011

Year opened the the Cactus and succulent garden in QMC designed by Serapion Metilla

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 City

Rajah Sulayman park

is a public square in Malate, Manila. It is bounded by Roxas Boulevard to the west, San Andrés Street to the south and Remedios Street to the north.

Paco Park

is a recreational garden and was once Manila's municipal cemetery built by the Dominicans during the Spanish colonial period. Located in Paco Manila.

Gonzalez hall

original location of original oblation statue in UP Diliman

3000 sqm

size o elevated picnic grove in Balara Filter park (sqm)

Ashy ground thrush

the endemic bird of PH captured inside the La Mesa Eco Park

La Mesa Eco Park

the public park located along the natural boundary of the La Mesa Watershed Reservation and its elevation is about 40 metres (130 ft) below than the reservoir

Adobe

the stone used in paco park wall for the defense

1200 sqm

total area of Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz (sqm)

Plaza Aduana and Plaza Martires

two names of Plaza de Espana during during Spanish colonial Period