United Nations Avenue (also known as U.N. Avenue and formerly known as Isaac Peral Street) is a major thoroughfare in

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. A commercial, residential and industrial artery, it runs east–west near the city center, linking

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and

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with the eastern districts. It is home to the

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Western Pacific headquarters. U.N. Avenue begins at a fork in Quirino Avenue Extension, Paz Mendoza Guazon Street, and Cristobal Street, just west of

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. It continues through the area of Tanque and

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in the northern

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district, passing several rows of warehouses and a few institutional buildings. West of

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lies the busy Ermita district, with a mix of hotels, offices and hospital buildings.

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lies at its western terminus, with the U.S. Embassy in Manila as the terminating vista. The avenue is served by the United Nations LRT station.

History

United Nations Avenue was formerly known as Isaac Peral Street, after the Spanish engineer who designed the world's first fully capable military submarine in the late 19th century. Originally a short street in Ermita, it was later extended towards Paco, linking it to what was then called ''Calle Canonigo'', which later became part of the avenue that ended at the present-day Tanque Street. It was previously planned to reach as far as

at the east; however, it only reached up to its present-day terminus in Paco. It was later renamed in recognition of the World Health Organization, a

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agency, whose building was built in 1959 in the former

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property located at the southwest corner with Taft Avenue. The avenue was also the site of the first

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in the Philippines, which opened in 1960. This hotel is now Waterfront Manila Hotel and Casino.

Intersections

This is ordered from west to east: *

* Ahambra Street * Guerrero Street *

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* Cortada Street * A. Mabini Street * Jorge Bocobo Street * Maria Orosa Street *

/General Luna Street * San Marcelino Street * Romauldez Street * Perez Street * M. Gandhi Street * Tanque Street * Cristobal Street/ President Quirino Avenue Extension/Paz Mendoza Guazon Street

Points of interest

This is ordered from west to east: * Bayview Park Hotel Manila *

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* National Bureau of Investigation (old headquarters) *

Western Pacific Regional Office * Times Plaza * Waterfront Manila Hotel and Casino (closed since the 2018 fire) * United Nations station * Araullo High School *

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* Medical Center Manila * Philippine Bible Society *

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headquarters * UN Square * Insurance Commission *

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Building * Santa Maria Goretti Parish * Pope Pius XII Catholic Center *

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(old office) * Estero de Paco * Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple

References

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