Escolta Street

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Escolta Street is a historic commercial thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines, once known as the city’s premier business and shopping district.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
street
country Philippines
follows Pasig River
hasBuilding Burke Building
Calvo Building
Capitol Theater
El Hogar Filipino Building
First United Building
Natividad Building
Perez-Samanillo Building
Regina Building
hasCulturalSignificance center of early Philippine cinema and theaters
symbol of Manila’s prewar cosmopolitan culture
hasFunction business district
commercial street
tourist attraction
hasHeritageDesignation local heritage zone (City of Manila)
hasNameOrigin Spanish word "escolta" meaning "escort" or "guard"
hasNearbyLandmark Jones Bridge
Plaza Goiti (now Plaza Lacson)
Santa Cruz Church
heritageStatus historic commercial thoroughfare
historicalPeriodOfProminence American colonial period in the Philippines
early 20th century
late 19th century
inception 19th century
knownFor art deco architecture
being Manila’s premier business district in the early 20th century
being a major shopping street in Manila
early skyscrapers in Manila
historic commercial establishments
neoclassical architecture
languageOfPlace English
Filipino
Hokkien Chinese
locatedIn Binondo
Manila
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Metro Manila
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Manila
surface form: City of Manila
locatedInTimeZone Philippine Standard Time
near Pasig River
partOf Binondo
surface form: Binondo district
terminusA Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz
surface form: Plaza Moraga
terminusB Santa Cruz Bridge
transportConnection near LRT Line 1 Carriedo station
near LRT Line 1 Central Terminal station
was Manila’s main financial center before Makati
Manila’s premier shopping district before the rise of newer malls

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Binondo hasPart Escolta Street