Harrison Street Explained

Country:PHL
Harrison Street
Alternate Name:F.B. Harrison Street
Former Names:Calle Real
Calle San Lucas
Namesake:Francis Burton Harrison
Length Km:3.2
Direction A:North
Terminus A:Pablo Ocampo Street and Mabini Street in Malate, Manila
Direction B:South
Terminus B:Taft Avenue Extension, Redemptorist Road, and Elpidio Quirino Avenue in Baclaran, Parañaque
Junction:
Arnaiz Avenue
Location:Manila, Parañaque, and Pasay

Francis Burton Harrison Street, commonly known as F. B. Harrison Street or Harrison Street, is a major north-south collector road in Pasay, western Metro Manila, Philippines.[1] It is a four-lane undivided arterial running parallel to Roxas Boulevard to the west and Taft Avenue to the east, from Pasay's border with Malate district in the north to Baclaran in Parañaque in the south. The street is named for U.S. Governor-General of the Philippines, Francis Burton Harrison.

Street description

Harrison Street has a right-of-way width of approximately 25m (82feet). It is a public transportation or medium-occupancy-vehicle corridor which is frequented by intra-metropolitan jeepneys and mega-taxis. This condition gives Harrison Street its relatively slow-moving, congested and highly pedestrian character.

History

Harrison Street forms part of an old Spanish coastal highway that linked the Province of Manila to La Laguna and other southern provinces. It was called Calle Real or Camino Real (Spanish for "royal street") which spanned from Ermita to Muntinlupa. At present, only the Las Piñas and Muntinlupa section is called Calle Real or Real Street as an alternative name for the road. The Pasay portion, also historically known as Calle San Lucas,[2] is renamed Calle F.B. Harrison,[3] while those of the City of Manila and Parañaque have been renamed to Del Pilar Street and Quirino Avenue, respectively. It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of tranvía that existed until 1945.[4]

References

14.5486°N 120.9931°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roads and Transport. Pasay City Government. November 1, 2013. December 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222111437/http://www.pasay.gov.ph/Pdf/socio-eco/Roads%20and%20Transport6.pdf. dead.
  2. Map of the City of Manila and vicinity. 1907. United States. War Department. General Staff. January 18, 2023.
  3. Buenaventura . Fidel . Municipality of Pasay . Municipality of Pasay . https://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph/CG02/M01/bs/NLP00CG0000000204.htm . 1946 . 1:8000 . National Library of the Philippines . NLP00CG0000000204 . August 14, 2024.
  4. Web site: Map of city of Manila and vicinity. Library of Congress.