Timog Avenue is a major road located in
Quezon City within the Diliman area of northeastern
Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs east–west through the southern edge of the
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
of South Triangle and is used to be named in English as South Avenue. The street is located in Quezon City's entertainment area, known for its trendy restaurants, bars and karaoke and comedy clubs. It is also home to the
GMA Network Center
The GMA Network Center is the headquarters and broadcast complex of the GMA Network, a major radio and television network in the Philippines. It is located at EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the network's main television a ...
studios located on the avenue's junction with
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The entire avenue is designated as National Route 172 (N172) of the
Philippine highway network
The Philippine highway network is a network of national roads owned and maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and organized into three classifications according to their function or purpose: national primary, seconda ...
.
Route description
Timog Avenue is a four-lane road located at the heart of Quezon City's entertainment district. It begins at its junction with EDSA south of
East Avenue by South Triangle's border with the central Diliman village of
Pinyahan
Pinyahan, sometimes spelled Piñahan, is a barangay of Quezon City, the Philippines.
History
Barangay Pinyahan was previously part of Central District Diliman. Central District Diliman was divided into two separate entities, namely Barangay Cent ...
. It heads west from this junction to cross GMA Network Drive and Sergeant Esguerra Avenue towards the
11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda
The 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda, also known as the Boy Scout Circle, is a roundabout in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. Located at the intersection between Timog and Tomas Morato Avenues, it serves as the boundary b ...
on the intersection with
Tomas Morato Avenue
Tomas Morato Avenue is a street located in Quezon City within the Diliman and New Manila areas of northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. The street links Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in the village of Mariana in the south with Eugenio Lopez Dri ...
. Located on or near this eastern section of Timog are the GMA studios,
Kamuning MRT Station
Kamuning station (also called GMA–Kamuning station) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located at the barangay boundary of South Triangle and Pinyahan in the Scout Area of Diliman in Que ...
,
Go Hotels, and Imperial Palace Suites Hotel. After crossing the Boy Scout circle, the avenue is dominated by more commercial establishments, including The Shoppes at Victoria which houses a
Robinsons Supermarket
Robinsons Supermarket is a supermarket chain in the Philippines and a division of Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI). It is the second largest supermarket chain in the Philippines with 274 stores (as of 2020) across the Philippines.
Robi ...
, Luxent Hotel (positioned as an upscale Business and Family-friendly hotel), Torre Venezia and the Toyama Center. Located on this western section are many popular restaurants, comedy clubs, and cosmetic salons which cater to local actors working in nearby studios. The avenue terminates at the junction with
Quezon Avenue south of West Avenue near West Triangle.
History
Timog Avenue was formerly known as South Avenue.
The avenue forms the southern boundary of the formerly proposed Diliman Quadrangle within the former Diliman Estate also known as Hacienda de Tuason, purchased by the
Philippine Commonwealth government in 1939 as the new capital to replace
Manila.
It was originally planned as the new city's Central Park housing the new national government buildings (the new presidential palace, Capitol Building, and Supreme Court complex) within the elliptical site now known as the
Quezon Memorial Circle. The quadrangle is bordered on the north by
North (Hilaga) Avenue, on the east by East (Silangan) Avenue, on the south by Timog (South) Avenue, and on the west by West (Kanluran) Avenue. Designed by American city planner
William E. Parsons and Harry Frost, in collaboration with engineer AD Williams and architects
Juan Arellano
Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán (April 25, 1888 – December 5, 1960), or Juan M. Arellano, was a Filipino architect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan Theater (1935), Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of Fi ...
and Louis Croft, the site was also to contain the national exposition grounds opposite the corner of North Avenue and EDSA (now occupied by
SM City North EDSA).
The Diliman Quadrangle had been largely undeveloped for decades due to lack of funding. After several revisions, the government planners moved the city center to Novaliches due to its higher elevation. On April 24, 1964, the Quezon City Council renamed streets in the area commemorating the delegates of
11th World Scout Jamboree
The 11th World Scout Jamboree was held 1–11 August 1963 in Marathon, Greece.
Jamboree activities
The Jamboree Camp had 11 sub-camps for the participating Scouts and 5 sub-camps for administrative and technical personnel, and covered a total are ...
that
died in a plane crash en route to the event held in Greece the previous year. With this, it was to be renamed Boy Scouts Avenue, but the government disagreed. By 1976, the country's capital had been transferred back to Manila with only the Quezon Memorial built in the former capital site. In 1984, the avenue, alongside
East Avenue, was renamed to President Carlos P. Garcia Avenue, after the
former president.
Intersections
References
{{Road infrastructure in Manila
Streets in Quezon City
Restaurant districts and streets in the Philippines