Ayala Triangle Gardens
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View towards the northwest of Ayala Triangle Gardens
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Makati, Philippines |
| Area | 2 hectares (20,000 m2) |
| Created | 2009 |
| Operated by | Ayala Land |
| Status | Opened |
| Website | Ayala Triangle Gardens |
Coordinates: 14°33′23″N 121°1′25″E / 14.55639°N 121.02361°E
The Ayala Triangle Gardens is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) landscaped urban park in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a triangular public garden and courtyard in the center of the Makati Central Business District. It was named after its owner and developer Ayala Land, and opened to the public in November 2009. Inspired by Hyde Park in London, the park, which is dotted with palms, acacia trees, and tropical foliage, is considered as one of the few "green" areas in Makati.
The Triangle has become a focal point for social events in the business district, and is popular at Christmastime for its extravagant light-and-sound display. It is also home to the Tower One and Exchange Plaza and Makati Stock Exchange Building, as well as the old Nielson Tower which houses the Filipinas Heritage Library.
The land of the present-day Ayala Triangle Gardens was once the 42-hectare (100-acre) Nielson Field, Manila's pre-World War II airport, located in the vast Hacienda de San Pedro de Macati of the Zóbel de Ayala family. When the airport was decommissioned in 1948 and transferred its present site in Nichols Field, the site was returned to the Ayalas and redeveloped as a commercial district. The runways were converted into roads which now form the Triangle's boundaries: Ayala Avenue along its southwest; Paseo de Roxas along the north-northeast; and Makati Avenue to the east-southeast. Only the airport's control tower was preserved, and has since been converted into the Filipinas Heritage Library.
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