Quezon City 75 Years

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To elude Spanish

sentries, around

500 Katipuneros

massed at barrioKangkong, in

Kaingin Road,

seeking refuge in

the house of

Apolonio Samson

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Cry of Pugad Lawin, took

place at the yard of Juan

Ramos, in barangay Toro, as

rebels agreed to the plan to

revolt against Spanish

authorities. They shouted,

Long live the Philippines!

Long live the Katipunan!

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The Katipuneros warded

off the attack of civil

guards and infantrymen;

the first skirmish hadbeen fought and the

struggle for liberation

commenced at Pasong

Tamo Road; the rebels

then inched their way to

Balara


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MELCHORA AQUINO

Conscripted into the revolution at 84, she fed the

revolutionaries and nursed the wounded who

had taken refuge in her yard.

She was arrested, interrogated, exiled, but

remained loyal to the fight for freedom.

Tandang Sora

Shrine

at Banlat Road, Bgy

Tandang Sora, QC


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GEN. LICERIO GERONIMO, a leader of the Katipunan, was well known for his

damaging guerrilla tactics that allowed his men to overcome Spanish, and later on

the American forces, with a minimum of arms.

During historic Battle of San Mateo, his troops known as Tiradores de la Muerte,

killed Commanding General Henry W. Lawton. The Battle of San Mateo took place

at what is now barangay Bagong Silangan, QC.

Marker at Gen

Geronimo Park,

Bagong Silangan,QC


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FIRST QUARTER

STORM

The First Quarter

Storm was a series

of demonstrations,rallies and other

mass actions against

the corruption and

decline in the

economy during the

MarcosAdministration.

This was particularly

intense during the

first quarter of

1970, and were ledmostly by students

from the University

of the Philippines in

Diliman.

The suppression and

handling of the protests

by the Marcos

administration

galvanized the student

movement into a force

committed to resist the

Marcos dictatorship.

PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION (also

known as the EDSA Revolution) was a

series of popular demonstrations in the

Philippines that began in 1983 andculminated in 1986. It was a sustained

campaign of civil resistance, participated

in by millions of Filipinos, against a

regime of violence and corruption. This

nonviolent revolution led to the

departure ofPresident Marcos

and the restoration

of the country's

democracy, from a

14-year

dictatorship.


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nspired by a dream

M ade urgent

by the exigencies

Quezon Citya glimpse of how the city came to


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that, politically shall be the seat of the national

government; aesthetically the showplace of the nation

a place that thousands of people will come and visit as the

epitome of culture and spirit of the country; socially, a

dignified concentration of human life, aspirations and

endeavors and achievements; and economically, as a

productive, self-contained community.

President

Manuel L. Quezon,

in his address

before the

members of the

National Assembly

September 18,

1939.

dream of a capital city


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Quezon's dream was

not only to provide

the working man a

home, but also tocreate a new capital

for the country which

would house offices

of the three

branches of

government:

executive, legislative

and judicial.

Pursuing a social agenda


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Early one day in July, 1939, Quezon

strolled along the Diliman area with his

friends, including Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr.,

then secretary of Agriculture andcommerce, Alejandro Roces, Jose Paez,

and Antonio G. Sison, who was then the

dean of the College of Medicine of the

University of the Philippines.

Standing on a grassy promontory,

Quezon surveyed the northeastern

sweep of Kamuning, and he was so

awed and inspired by the incredibly

breathtaking view that he exclaimed:

This is where I would liketo build a real Filipino

metropolis!


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Manila was getting crowded

and his military advisors

(reportedly) told Quezon that

Manila, being by the bay, was

an easy target for

bombardment by naval guns in

case of attack.

This made Quezon push

forward the idea of a totallynew city at least 15 kilometers

away from Manila Bay (beyond

the reach of naval guns).

He contacted William E.Parsons, American architect

and planner, who had been the

consulting architect for the

islands early in the American

colonial period.


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The Board of Directors of the

Philippine Homesite

Corporation, on October 10,

1938, approved a resolution to

purchase a tract of land

consisting of 15,723,191

square meters or 1,572

hectares from the DilimanEstate of the Tuason Family.

The price was five centavos

per square meter.

The Tuason family donated an

additional 493 hectares to

serve as the site of the

University of the Philippines.

Quezon

proceeded to

transform hisdream into a

reality.


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Vicente Fragante, Vice Mayor

A. D. Williams, City Secretary

Dr. Eusebio Aguilar, City

Councilor and City Health Officer

Jose Paez, City Councilor

Alejandro Roces Sr., City

Councilor

Pio Pedrosa, city treasurer

Emilio Abello, city attorney Jacob Rosenthal, assessor

Manuel Diaz, city engineer

Amado Amador, Judge of the

Court of First Instance

Perfecto Palacio, municipal judge Emilio Abello, Chief of Police

First Quezon City

Officials

As published in November 11, 1939 issue

of the Official Gazette, volume 37, No.135,


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After assuming the

functions of mayor for 10

days, Pres. Quezon

appointed Tomas Morato as

Mayor of Quezon City.

effective October 23, 1939

Morato was a long time friend of Quezon,

who was then mayor of Calauag, Tayabas

(now Quezon). He was first appointed Chief

of Police by Quezon (who previously offered

the post to then Lt. Col. Dwight Eisenhower).


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President Manuel L. Quezon led the laying of

the cornerstone of the Quezon City capitol onNovember 15, 1940, on the fifth anniversary of

the establishment of the Commonwealth of the

Philippines.


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At the formal inauguration of Dr. Bienvenido

Gonzalez as the sixth and youngest president of U. P.

on October 19, 1939, Manuel Quezon officially

announced that large portions of UP were to be

transferred to Diliman.

The first unit was to house the main offices of the

College of Liberal Arts, the second the College of

Law and Business Administration and the third, the

College of Pharmacy and School of Dentistry.


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In 1941, a few days before the Japanese entered

Manila, President Quezon declared Quezon City a part

of Greater Manila. Quezon City remained as part of theGreater Manila until January 2, 1947, when its separate

political existence was restored by Republic Act No. 45.

The City of Greater Manilawas created by PresidentQuezon on January 1, 1942as an emergency measure.Photo shows PresidentQuezon holding anemergency meeting with(from left) Executive

Secretary Jose B. Vargas,General Valdez, Justice JoseLaurel and Chief Justice AbadSantos. Secretary Vargaswould be appointed as Mayorof all the cities.


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Quezon contacted William E. Parsons, American architect and planner, who

helped select the Diliman (Tuason) estate as the site for the new city. When he

passed away later that year, his partner Harry Frost collaborated with JuanArellano, engineer AD Williams and landscape architect/planner Louis Croft to

craft a grand master plan for the new capital, Quezon City.

The Grand Masterplan


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The core of the new city was to be a 400 ha

central green, about the size of New York's

Central Park, and defined by North, South

(Timog), East and West Avenues. On one

corner of the proposed Diliman Quadrangle

was delineated a 25-hectare elliptical site.

This was to contain a large capitol building to

house the Philippine Legislature and ancillary

structures for the offices of representatives.

On either side of the giant ellipse were

supposed to have been built the new

Malacaan Palace, on the North Avenue

(present day Veterans Memorial Hospital),

and the Supreme Court Complex, on the EastAvenue (present day East Avenue Medical

Center). The three branches of government

would finally and efficiently be located close

to one another.


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Part of the original masterplan for Quezon City


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On July 25, 1946, President Roxas appointed a

committee that would select the site for thecapital city of the Philippines. The committee,

headed by Senator Melecio Arranz, chose Quezon

City.

QC becomes the nations capital

Reasons:

proximity to Manila within the 30-kilometer limit from the Rizal monument of Manila

accessibility from all important areas in the Philippines either by land, air

or sea

already available conveniences

geologic qualities, which provide a satisfactory foundation for buildingsand other structures

large areas of government-owned land right in its central zone to support

substantial public improvements

historical background; consideration of public expenditures already made;

administrative commitments and evident public support.


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On July 17, 1948, President

Elpidio Quirino signed

Republic Act 333, known as

the Charter of Quezon City,declaring the site of

Novaliches-Quezon City

area as the new site of the

capital city of the Republic

of the Philippines.

Finally, on October 22,

1949, Quezon City was

inaugurated as the new

National Capital of the

Philippines.

The law specified the city's area to be 156.60 sq.

km. Portions of what were then parts of

Caloocan (8,100 hectares) were ceded to

Quezon City: Baesa, Talipapa, San Bartolome,Pasong Tamo, Novaliches Poblacion, Banlat,

Kabuyao, Pugad Lawin, Bagbag, and Pasong

Putik which formerly belonged to Novaliches.


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Quezon City was the capital of

the Philippines from 1949 to 1976

Then in 1976: PD 940

declared Metro Manila

as the seat of the

national government,

and Manila as thecapital.

On November 7,

1975, President

Ferdinand Marcos

promulgated PD 824,

establishing Metro

Manila.

METRO MANILA

Development of Metro Manila showing the

years that each area became a city.


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On June 16, 1956, more

revisions to the city's land

area were made by

Republic Act No. 1575,

which defined its area as

151.06 sq. km

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1575

AN ACT TO AMEND AND REPEALCERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT

NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-

SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE

REVISED CHARTER OF QUEZON CITY.


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Most Competitive City in Metro Manila

and 2ndMost Competitive City in the

Philippines (Asian Institute of

Management 2007 Cities

Competitiveness Ranking Project)

Top Philippine Asian City of the Future:

No. 7 among 200 Asian Cities, 20072009 (London Financial Times Survey

thru Singapores Asiabiz Strategy)

One of the Top 10 performing Highly

Urbanized Cities ranked nationwide onLocal Governance Performance

Management System (LGPMS) and

awarded the Seal of Disaster

Preparedness, 2012

A city on the go

75 ye rs hence


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Quezon City is the largest city of the

Philippine metropolis, with an area of

161.12 sq. km., and is the mostpopulous urban center with a

population of 3,179,536. Thus, the

city has the biggest consumer

population and the largest manpower

resource pool in the country.

A city of the young, 40% are less than

20 years old. It therefore has the

largest number of school children in

the country, about 500,000 of whom

are enrolled in public schools in the

city. Of its employable population of

1.80 million, 1.16 million are younger

than 40 years.


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81 tertiary-level colleges9 universities

About 20,000 tertiary-level graduates a year

Site of the nations best high school for science,

Philippine Science High School, and the UP-Ayala

Land Technohub, countrys first full-scale,campus-based science and technology park

Technology-based incubators in UP

Diliman campus and business

incubation services at the Ateneo de

Manila University34 Philippine Export Zone Authority-

registered Information and

Communications Technology Parks

and buildings

Home of about 40,000 ICTprofessionals


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231 community parks

32 neighborhood parks

8 major special parks

6 historical parks16-hectare UP Arboretum

25-hectare Quezon Memorial Circle

33-hectare La Mesa Eco Park

39-hectare Ninoy Aquino Parks andWildlife


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City with the highest concentrationof hospitals with the biggest bed

capacity

18 government hospitals

42 private hospitals

8,303 total bed capacity

154 dental clinics

211 optical clinics

271 general medical clinics

141 x-ray and diagnostic clinics

96 dermatologic clinics

36 therapeutic clinics

33 veterinary clinics2 LGU-managed hospitals

56 health centers

7 superhealth centers


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27,454 wholesale and retailestablishments

A shopping complex in every dense

community cluser

Site of the 3rdbiggest

shopping mall in the

world

3,942 restaurants and

other eating

establishments


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