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Chinatown
After centuries of suppression by the Spanish, Manila's Chinese population quickly rose on the economic and social ladder under more liberal administrations. Today the centre of the vibrant Chinese community is Chinatown , which straddles Santa Cruz and Binondo.
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Greenbelt Complex
Across Makati Ave is the Greenbelt Complex, an upscale development that encircles pretty little Greenbelt Park. Amid the commerce is the Ayala Museum and the open-air Sto Niño De Paz Chapel. This is the high end of the Ayala Center and there are scores of delightful cafés and restaurants. The development is separated into four main shopping malls: Greenbelt 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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Makati
The business centre of Manila has also become its nightlife centre. The towers here house the nation's major corporations and most of the major hotels. It all came about after WWII when the Ayala family seized upon the destruction of the rest of the city as a chance to start building.
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Manila Yacht Club
Just north of the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex you'll notice the Manila Yacht Club, where the moneyed few keep their pleasure craft.
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Quezon City
Quezon City has almost 500,000 residents and it sprawls over the slightly hilly terrain northeast of the centre. It is known for its vibrant nightlife along T Morato Avenue. Some of the energy comes from the University of the Philippines Manila, which has a vast campus about 1km east of Quezon City.
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Rizal Park
Still widely known as 'Luneta' (its name until it was officially changed in the 1950s), Rizal Park is spread out over some 60 hectares of open lawns, ornamental gardens, paved walks and wooded areas, dotted with monuments to almost every Filipino hero you care to mention. It's a pretty area but also shabby in parts, dangerously so near the closed National Museum on P Burgos St.
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