Aurora Boulevard

AB, St. Paul University Quezon City

Aurora Boulevard is a 4–10 lane highway in Quezon City and San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It was named after Mrs. Aurora Quezon, the wife of President Manuel Luis Quezon. It is one of the major roads in the Araneta Center in Cubao. The LRT Line 2 runs over the road.

Route description

Aurora Boulevard is divided into two routes, the Araneta Avenue to EDSA, and EDSA to Katipunan Avenue/C-5. Most of the road is a 4-lane dual carriageway, with the LRT-2, having 7 stations (6 overhead, 1 underground), above, except on the approach to Katipunan Avenue, where the line partly runs underground on approach to Katipunan Station.

Aurora Avenue starts as a physical extension of Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard past Araneta Avenue near the Manila-Quezon City boundary. It then enters San Juan and run near its boundaries. It soon enters New Manila, Quezon City, near Broadway Centrum, where Eat Bulaga is hosted. It then intersects Gilmore Avenue, Balete Drive, and E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, before it comes to EDSA.

Past EDSA, it passes near Araneta Center in Cubao. The road continues eastward through barangays Silangan, Quirino 3-A and Duyan-duyan, until it ends at Katipunan Avenue(C-5) near the Quezon City-Marikina boundary. Aurora Boulevard continues east to Cainta and Antipolo as Marcos Highway

History

A road from Katipunan Avenue to EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue), called Calle Quezon, was built in 1900. The section from EDSA to Gilmore Avenue had been renamed San Juan Road or Highway 55. In 1910 the Boulevard was extended to Infanta, Quezon as the Marikina Infanta Highway. The portion from Gilmore to Dewey Boulevard, named Marikina-Ermita Avenue in 1955, was later reclaimed as Legarda Street, Recto Avenue and Magsaysay Boulevard. The western terminus was extended to Gregorio Araneta Avenue and the highway was renamed Aurora Boulevard in 1963 to honor Aurora Quezon, the wife of President Manuel Quezon. The First ice cream parlor in the Philippines (Magnolia Ice Cream House)^[1] was located at the corner of Aurora boulevard and Hemady street (now occupied by Robinsons Magnolia).^[2]

Public Transportation

Aurora Boulevard is served by jeepneys, mostly running routes from Manila up to Cubao. The LRT-2 runs above and below the boulevard, with 7 stations, namely J. Ruiz, Gilmore, Betty Go-Belmonte, Araneta Center-Cubao, Anonas and Katipunan.

Landmarks

Shopping malls

• Robinsons Magnolia
• SM City Sta. Mesa
• Gateway Mall
• Anonas City Center

Entertainment centers

• Smart Araneta Coliseum - Sports and concert venue.
• GMA Broadway Centrum - Television studio of GMA-7 noontime show Eat Bulaga!.

Educational institutions

• Kalayaan College
• St. Paul University Quezon City
• Philippine School of Business Administration
• National College of Business and Arts (Cubao Campus)
• Central Colleges of the Philippines
• St. Bridget School
• Immaculate Heart of Mary College
• Jubilee Christian Academy

See also

• Marikina-Infanta Highway
• LRT Line 2

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aurora Boulevard.

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Coordinates: 14°37′11″N 121°2′45″E / 14.61972°N 121.04583°E / 14.61972; 121.04583