Del Pilar Street
{{Short description|Road in Manila, Philippines}}
{{Infobox street
|image=0185jfUnited Nations Avenue M. H. del Pilar Street Ermita Manilafvf 08.jpg
|caption=Del Pilar Street immediately south of Plaza Nuestra Señora de Guía near Ermita Church
|name=Del Pilar Street
|alternate_name=M.H. del Pilar Street
|namesake=Marcelo H. Del Pilar
|maint=Department of Public Works and Highways - South Manila District Engineering Office{{cite web|url=http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/2018%20DPWH%20ATLAS/Road%20Data%202016/south_manila.htm|title=South Manila|website=Department of Public Works and Highways|access-date=July 31, 2020}}
|former_names = Calle Real (until 1921)
|length_km=1.895
|direction_a=
|terminus_a={{jct|country=PHL|N|155|name1=Kalaw Avenue}} in Ermita
|direction_b=
|terminus_b={{jct|country=PHL|N|140|name1=Quirino Avenue}} in Malate
|junction={{jct|country=PHL|N|156|name1=United Nations Avenue}}
Padre Faura Street
Pedro Gil Street
Remedios Street
|location=Manila
}}
Marcelo H. del Pilar Street, also known as M.H. del Pilar Street or simply Del Pilar Street, is a north–south road running for {{convert|1.895|km|mi|sp=us}} connecting Ermita and Malate districts in Manila, Philippines. It is a two-lane street carrying one-way southbound traffic from Kalaw Avenue in Rizal Park to Quirino Avenue across from the Ospital ng Maynila. It was formerly called Calle Real.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/562868/search-old-manila-during-holy-week |title=In Search of Old Manila during Holy Week |publisher=Philippine Star |access-date=April 3, 2015}}
Calle Real
File:05432jfQuirino Avenue Barangays Malate Manila Medical Centerfvf 04.jpg, which was replaced by a newer one.]]
{{see also|Harrison Avenue|Elpidio Quirino Avenue|Diego Cera Avenue|Alabang–Zapote Road}}
The street marks the original shoreline of Manila Bay during the Spanish colonial period. It was then known as Calle Real (Spanish for "royal street") and was the national road linking Manila with the southern provinces. The old coastal highway ran from Ermita to Muntinlupa, passing through Pasay (where it is now known as F.B. Harrison Street), Parañaque (now known as Elpidio Quirino Avenue), and Las Piñas (now known as Diego Cera Avenue and Alabang–Zapote Road).
The current shoreline is about {{convert|180|m|sp=us}} west of Roxas Boulevard (formerly Dewey Boulevard), reclaimed in the early 1900s during the American colonial period. Like most other streets in Manila, it was renamed in 1921 after a Filipino writer and patriot, Marcelo Hilario del Pilar.{{cite web|url=http://www.lougopal.com/manila/?p=1517 |title=Manila Polo Club: Early Years |publisher=Lou Gopal / Manila Nostalgia |access-date=April 3, 2015}} It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of tranvía that existed until 1945.{{cite web|url=http://www.lougopal.com/manila/?p=808|title=Malate – Ermita District: Part 1|publisher=Lou Gopal / Manila Nostalgia |accessdate=April 23, 2021|date=June 27, 2013}}
Intersections
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Landmarks
File:Malate Church Exterior 01.jpg on Del Pilar Street]]
Notable sites currently located on Del Pilar Street include the Ermita Church, LandBank Plaza, the Malate Church, and Gaiety Theater, as well as several hotel buildings, such as the New World Manila Bay Hotel (formerly Hyatt Hotel & Casino) located at the intersection of Pedro Gil Street and Diamond Hotel.
This is ordered from north to south:
- Rizal Park visitor center
- Ermita Church
- Gaiety Theater
- New World Manila Bay Hotel
- Diamond Hotel
- Land Bank of the Philippines main office
- Malate Church
- Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center
References
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See also
{{Road infrastructure in Manila}}
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