Philippine Center
| Consulate General of the Philippines, New York Konsulado Panlahat ng Pilipinas sa New York 
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| Coordinates | 40°45′21.28″N 73°58′45.74″W / 40.7559111°N 73.9793722°WCoordinates: 40°45′21.28″N 73°58′45.74″W / 40.7559111°N 73.9793722°W |
| Location | New York, New York 10036, United States |
| Address | 556 Fifth Avenue |
| Ambassador | Maria Theresa B. Dizon-de Vega |
| Website |
http://philippinecenterny.com http://www.newyorkpcg.org |
The Philippine Center is a building that primarily houses the offices of the Philippine Consulate General in New York City. It is located at 556 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, three blocks south of Rockefeller Plaza and north of the New York Public Library Main Branch in Bryant Park. In addition to housing the offices of the Consulate General, the Philippine Center also houses the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations as well as the New York offices of both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism.
Since its early days, the Philippine Center been a venue for the Filipino-American community as well as hosting business meetings, forums, receptions and weekly art exhibits featuring Filipino art.
The Philippine Center was established by Presidential Decree No. 188 on May 10, 1973. It was purchased by the Philippine Government from the Knights of Columbus on October 29, 1973 at the cost of $2,250,000.00, with an additional $1,500,000.00 to buy out an existing lease on the building.
The building's legal owner is the Republic of the Philippines; offices of its national government housed within regularly began paying rentals to the Philippine Center in 1993, including nominal fees for the use of its function rooms.
On September 15, 2005, President of the Philippines HE Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a historic official visit to the Philippine Center, the first by a ruling Filipino head of state.
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