The Baywalk is a popular seaside

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and

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front overlooking

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along Roxas Boulevard in the

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. The Baywalk is a two-kilometre stretch from the US Embassy near

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up to the Cultural Center of the Philippines just past the Manila Yacht Club. It is a popular venue at night with open-air cafés that serve local cuisine while onlookers may watch the

sunset. Many of the venues also feature

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and live band performances. Local artists frequent the area and free

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, and other art performances can sometimes be found along the strip. Several statues of national figures and other notable people can be found in the Baywalk.

History

The Baywalk was greatly improved during the administration of Manila City Mayor

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as part of his flagship program "Buhayin ang Maynila" (English: Revitalize Manila). When Mayor

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took office in 2007, he removed the establishments along Baywalk with the reason that they block the sunset. Since then, vagrants have occupied the area and the once vibrant seaside

was gone. Afterwards, the national government undertook a rehabilitation of the Baywalk after it was destroyed by

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. In 2020, a beach, called

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, was constructed along the shores of the Baywalk. The program for creating the artificial beach was launched in January 2019 under the management of Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

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References

External links

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