Anyone who has walked or driven along Ayala Avenue lately shouldhave noticed the new street signs on every street corner, from Apartment Ridge in the south all the way to Gil Puyat in the north. The signs make up a new wayfinding system designed to make finding one’s way in the MCBD easier for both …
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Remember those drainage inlets at the sidewalks, those ground-levelhorizontal holes that allow water to flow from the streets into underground culverts? Well, they are now a thing of the past in the MCBD. Alerted to the fact that the open inlets were serving as ingress-egress points for rodents at night, the MaCEA management immediately verified …
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Things are moving at a fast clip in the MCBD. Ever on the lookout forfacilities and machines that need improvement or replacement fromthe effects of wear and tear, we are currently undertaking renovationwork on two facilities—one, the Legazpi Underpass that bridgesthe two sides of Ayala Avenue near the carpark of the old Makati StockExchange on …
Successful organizations share two hallmarks—continuity and change. Continuity is a cherished core value of an organization with a clear vision of what it wants to be/become and a clear definition of what it should to do to turn that vision into reality. Change, on the other hand, guaranteesthat the organization is ever moving forward, in …
It was in 1995 when the Association started concretizing its then newly- hatched pedestrianization plan for the MCBD. The plan called for theconstruction of three levels of walkways— on grade, underground, and above ground—to promote a major lifestyle change for motorists, encouraging them Architect’s drawing JULY 2017 to quit taking short hopsaround the district and …
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MaCEA is moving to a new home! Soon. The vision of a new MaCEAbuilding— as gleaned in the architect’s drawing—is slowly but surely takingconcrete form, as it rises from the ground up at the southern corner of the Legazpi car park on Legazpi St., site of the Legazpi Village Sunday Market. The building is scheduled …
In preparation for the feared earthquake expected in the West Valley Fault that runs through many parts of the metro and neighboring provinces, the MMDA staged the Shake Drill and Building Emergency Evacuation Plan (BEEP) in the MaCEA area two times—the first on June 15, the second on June 22. On both occasions, occupants of …
We share the interest of environment advocates in the global wave of concern for the cause of Mother Earth and the urgent need for all inhabitants of our planet to contribute to efforts to shine a light on this cause and help mitigate the damage humankind has wrought. It was in this regard that we …
We strive to maintain close cooperative ties with the companies that serve the basic needs of an urban development entity—Meralco for electricity, Manila Water for water, PLDT for landline and internet service, and Globe and Smart for mobile connectivity. We are pleased with the working relationship we have with these companies and we thank them …
We provided support to the Department of Environmental Services of Makati City by enjoining MaCEA members to take active part in two Greenhouse Gas Inventory Workshops, the first on October 27, in Barangay Hall of San Lorenzo, and second on November 8, in Barangay Hall of Bel-Air. Mayor Abigail Campos was a special guest at …
MAPA and MaCEA remain steadfast partners in the task of preserving the gains and pushing the growth goals of the Makati CBD. As the entity responsible for crafting policy and implementing parking and traffic rules in the district, MAPA continues to operate the Traffic Management Center. It is equipped with powerful CCTV cameras positioned in …
As part of the political jurisdiction of said barangays, MaCEA has maintained close ties with barangay officials and nurtured harmonious working relations with them. Bel-Air and San Lorenzo have lent the Association a hand with traffic, road lighting, and road maintenance. In the year under review, the two barangays undertook asphalt overlay work on nearly …
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The space below the vehicular overpass at the corner of A. Arnaiz Ave. and Amorsolo St. has been adorned with a green wall, a veritable vertical garden that at once fights air pollution and prettifies the place. Responding with dispatch to reports of the presence of nocturnal rodents in some places, drainage inlets that used …
In an urban hub of steel, cement and glass, a patch of green is always held dear, as precious as an oasis in a desert. Three such nooks are found in the MCBD, places to repair to for quiet conversation or to read a book or to break a sweat or simply to sit in …
With the sidewalks taken care of under the Sidewalk Enhancement and the Covered Walkway Projects, the other focal point is maintenance and improvement of the district’s road network. Improvement calls for roads, constantly beaten from wear and tear, to be overlaid with asphalt to make driving smooth and easy. Asphalting of roads took on a …
Safety and security are paramount concerns in any community, and especially so in a high-profile commercial and residential center such as the Makati CBD, with an illustrious name to protect and a rich promise to deliver. With the extension to 24/7of the operating hours of the seven underpasses in the district, the need for greater …
Concern for the safety of the resident, working, and transient communities in the district prompted the Board of Governors to build two foot bridges across busy Gil Puyat Avenue on both sides of Ayala Avenue. Work on the first bridge, which connects the Columns Building with RCBC Building, was started in November and is scheduled …
Navigating the roads in the district from one point to another has become safer and more comfortable with the Sidewalk Enhancement Project under which the sidewalks in both Legazpi and Salcedo Villages, with broken, chipped or missing tiles, have been furnished with new ones. To make walking even more enticing, sidewalks along two major thoroughfares–Valero …
All seven underground passageways and the elevated walkway are equipped with ascend escalators that have, by normal wear and tear, lived way beyond their service lifespan average of 15 years. This prompted the Board of Governors to embark on a project to retire the old escalators and replace them with brand-new ones. Because of the …
The elevated pedestrian walkway along De la Rosa St. in Legazpi Village, which originally ran 795 meters, now runs the whole stretch of De la Rosa St., from Legazpi St. at the PLDT Building all the way to Salcedo St. behind the Makati Medical Center. The new segment was blessed and inaugurated on November 28 …