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44-664: 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 19, 2009. Inspired by Hyde Park in London , the park, which is dotted with palms, acacia trees, and tropical foliage,

88-451: A 10-minute walk , provides multiple benefits. A park is an area of open space provided for recreational use, usually owned and maintained by a local government. Grass is typically kept short to discourage insect pests and to allow for the enjoyment of picnics and sporting activities. Trees are chosen for their beauty and to provide shade , with an increasing emphasis on reducing an urban heat island effect. Some early parks include

132-439: A city park , municipal park (North America), public park , public open space , or municipal gardens ( UK ), is a park or botanical garden in cities , densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance

176-637: A 49% stake in 1974. Mandarin's history traces back to the 1963 opening of its namesake hotel The Mandarin (now Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong ), whereas The Oriental (now Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok ) had opened in 1876 as the Kingdom of Siam 's first luxury hotel. Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is a subsidiary of the publicly-traded Mandarin Oriental International Limited , which in turn

220-485: A hundred trees of several different types, including rain trees , golden palms, fire trees , kamuning and podocarpus . It contains several public art pieces created by Filipino artists Ovvian Castrillo-Hill and Ral Arrogante. At the northwest corner of the Triangle is a monument to assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. , designed by Anastacio Caedo and erected in 1986. Two other monuments can be found on

264-473: Is a multinational hospitality and management group focusing on luxury hotels , resorts , and residences , with a total of 34 properties worldwide, 20 of which it wholly or partially owns. The Mandarin Oriental name was established in 1985 following the merger of Mandarin International Hotels Limited and the holding company of the hotel The Oriental , in which Mandarin had already acquired

308-698: Is a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson . Although 1876 was the ‘official’ opening year of the Oriental Hotel, the origin of the ‘Oriental’ side of the Mandarin Oriental can be traced back as early as 1863, when two Americans, Captain Atkins Dyer, and William West, opened the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok , Siam (now Thailand): however, the original building burnt down only two years later, on 11 June 1865. However,

352-528: Is considered 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 Christmas 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 a fine dining restaurant. The land of the present-day Ayala Triangle Gardens

396-541: Is set to open in 2023. Notable former Mandarin Oriental properties include Hotel Majapahit , Loews Regency San Francisco , Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead , Mandarin Oriental Manila , Grand Lapa Macau , Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas , Salamander Washington DC and The Excelsior , as well as the spa Ananda in the Himalayas . On 1 April 2003, singer, actor, and film producer Leslie Cheung leaped to his death from

440-575: Is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy , "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds , gardens , hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths , sports fields and courts, public restrooms, boat ramps, performance venues, or BBQ and picnic facilities. Park advocates claim that having parks near urban residents, including within

484-547: The La Alameda de Hércules , in Seville , a promenaded public mall, urban garden and park built in 1574, within the historic center of Seville. The Városliget ( City Park ) in the City of Pest , what is today Budapest, Hungary , was a city property when afforestation started in the middle of the 18th century, from the 1790s with the clear aim to create a public park. Between 1799 and 1805 it

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528-602: The Village of Yorkville Park in Toronto , which won an award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Parks are sometimes made out of oddly shaped areas of land, much like the vacant lots that often become city neighborhood parks. Linked parks may form a greenbelt . There is a form of an urban park in the UK (officially called a "recreation ground", but commonly called a "rec" by

572-644: The Zóbel de Ayala family , was unveiled at the gardens. The Ayala Triangle Gardens hosts the annual Festival of Lights , a lights and sound display from November to January of the following year. It premiered on November 20, 2009 as the Symphony of Lights . The show runs every 30 minutes from 6:00 p.m. PHT ( UTC +8) until 10:00 p.m. The show is conceptualized by award-winning lighting designers Voltaire de Jesus and Luther Gumia. The show has flashing LED lights, laser effects and fog effects. A recent addition in

616-578: The 2019 edition is a projection mapping at the Tower One and Exchange Plaza. It features Filipino and international Christmas music. Some medleys in the show were inspired by the carnivals in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . During the COVID-19 pandemic , in 2020 and 2021, the show was recreated in a 360-degree animation, under the direction of filmmaker and director Quark Henares, head of Globe Studios . After two years,

660-653: The 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental in Central Hong Kong. Every year, on the anniversary of his death, a fan-organised memorial event takes place outside the hotel. On 9 February 2009, the Beijing Television Cultural Center , which was to be completed in May 2009 and incorporate a Mandarin Oriental hotel, caught fire due to unauthorized fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year. One fireman died in

704-575: The Festival of Lights returned its onsite shows on November 10, 2022. The park also hosts some music festivals, with some notable being the Pinoy Music Festival on September 5, 2014, and the ASEAN Music Festival on November 14, 2017. The ASEAN Music Festival in 2017 was cancelled during the show due to overcrowding. Urban park An urban park or metropolitan park , also known as

748-535: The Triangle include the old Makati Stock Exchange Center and Ayala Tower One (home of the Philippine Stock Exchange ) along the Ayala Avenue side, the old Nielson Tower that has since been converted into a restaurant, and Ayala Triangle Tower One and Ayala Triangle Tower Two (home of The Shops at Triangle Gardens, an Ayala Mall ) at the intersection of Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas. The park has over

792-512: The Triangle was then transformed into the football field known as Ugarte Field, named after the Filipino football legend of the 1930s, Sebastian Ugarte . In the 1980s, Ugarte Field was the site of regular protests against the Marcos dictatorship . The Ayala Triangle Gardens is located south of Salcedo Village, a part of barangay Bel-Air by its border with barangays San Lorenzo and Urdaneta. Buildings on

836-765: 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 was converted into the Filipinas Heritage Library, and later as the Blackbird fine dining restaurant in 2014. By 1971, the Ayala Corporation moved to its new headquarters in the Triangle at the Makati Stock Exchange Center building designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin . The rest of

880-593: The UK, with around 2.6 billion visits to parks each year. Many parks are of cultural and historical interest, with 300 registered by Historic England as of national importance. Most public parks have been provided and run by local authorities over the past hundred and seventy years, but these authorities have no statutory duty to fund or maintain these public parks. In 2016 the Heritage Lottery Fund 's State of UK Public Parks reported that "92 per cent of park managers report their maintenance budgets have reduced in

924-515: The United States and the world, though cow grazing did not end until the 1830s. Around the country, the predecessors to urban parks in the United States were generally rural cemeteries . The cemeteries were intended as civic institutions designed for public use. Before the widespread development of public parks, the rural cemetery provided a place for the general public to enjoy outdoor recreation amidst art and sculpture previously available only for

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968-827: The United States are Central Park in New York, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Mission Bay Park in San Diego. In the early 1900s, according to Cranz, U.S. cities built neighborhood parks with swimming pools, playgrounds and civic buildings, with the intention of Americanizing the immigrant residents. In the 1950s, when money became available after World War II , new parks continued to focus on both outdoor and indoor recreation with services, such as sports leagues using their ball fields and gymnasia. These smaller parks were built in residential neighborhoods, and tried to serve all residents with programs for seniors, adults, teens and children. Green space

1012-1127: The activities of the group's hotels. Starting in September 2005, Mandarin Oriental showed the "Moments of Delight at Mandarin Oriental" at all hotels. In June 2006, the Moments of Delight video was slightly updated to add several new scenes and in October 2014, the video featured lyrics by Chinese singer, Sa Ding Ding , accompanied by new music. Within the next five years , Mandarin Oriental plans to open hotel properties in Beijing ( Zhengyangmen ), Kuwait City , Makati , Nanjing , Phuket , Saigon , Shenzhen , Etiler , London ( Mayfair ), Moscow , Muscat , Riyadh , Tel Aviv , Zürich (renovated Savoy Baur en Ville Hotel), Boca Raton , Dallas , Grand Cayman , Honolulu , Vienna , Maldives and standalone residences in Barcelona , Beverly Hills and New York City . New Mandarin Oriental Manila built across its former location

1056-558: The company combined the two hotels under a common name, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. In 1987, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group was floated on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the name of "Mandarin Oriental International Limited." Mandarin Oriental International Limited, is incorporated in Bermuda , and listed in London , Singapore and Bermuda . Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Limited, which operates from Hong Kong , manages

1100-490: The confines of a serpentine carriageway, put in place the essential elements of his much-imitated design for Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead . The latter commenced in 1843 with the help of public finance and deployed the ideas which Paxton had pioneered at Princes Park on a more expansive scale. Frederick Law Olmsted visited Birkenhead Park in 1850 and praised its qualities. Indeed, Paxton is widely credited as having been one of

1144-449: The designed landscape as a setting for the suburban domicile (an idea pioneered by John Nash at Regent's Park in London) and re-fashioned it for the provincial town in a most original way. Nash's remodelling of St James's Park from 1827 and the sequence of processional routes he created to link The Mall with Regent's Park completely transformed the appearance of London's West End . With

1188-494: The establishment of Princes Park in 1842, Joseph Paxton did something similar for the benefit of a provincial town, albeit one of international stature by virtue of its flourishing mercantile sector. Liverpool had a burgeoning presence in global maritime trade before 1800, and during the Victorian era its wealth rivalled that of London itself. The form and layout of Paxton's ornamental grounds, structured about an informal lake within

1232-779: The form of walking, running, horse riding, mountain biking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing; or sedentary activity such as observing nature, bird watching, painting, photography, or picnicking. Limiting park or open space use to passive recreation over all or a portion of the park's area eliminates or reduces the burden of managing active recreation facilities and developed infrastructure. Many ski resorts combine active recreation facilities (ski lifts, gondolas, terrain parks, downhill runs, and lodges) with passive recreation facilities (cross-country ski trails). Many smaller neighborhood parks are receiving increased attention and valuation as significant community assets and places of refuge in heavily populated urban areas. Neighborhood groups around

1276-629: The history of the ‘Mandarin’ side of the group is comparatively recent: the Mandarin hotel opened only in 1963 in the Central District of Hong Kong Island. In 1973, The Excelsior Hotel , which closed in 2019, opened in Causeway Bay. In 1974, Mandarin International Hotels Limited was formed as a hotel management company to expand into Asia. That year, the company acquired a 49% interest in the Oriental Hotel, resulting in two "flagship" hotels. In 1985,

1320-463: The incident, and the structure was severely damaged but did not collapse and underwent repair. However, the Mandarin Oriental hotel ultimately opened at a different location at Wangfujing , near the Beijing Hotel . In March 2015, several Mandarin Oriental hotels were affected by a point-of-sale systems security breach. On 6 June 2018, a fire (believed to have been caused by welding work) damaged

1364-525: The large amount of open space and natural habitat in the former pleasure grounds, they now serve as important wildlife refuges, and often provide the only opportunity for urban residents to hike or picnic in a semi-wild area. However, city managers or politicians can target these parks as sources of free land for other uses. Partly for this reason, some of these large parks have "friends of X park" advisory boards that help protect and maintain their semi-wild nature. There are around estimated 27,000 public parks in

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1408-567: The need to provide substantial space to congregate, typically involves intensive management, maintenance, and high costs. Passive recreation, also called "low-intensity recreation" is that which emphasizes the open-space aspect of a park and allows for the preservation of natural habitat. It usually involves a low level of development, such as rustic picnic areas, benches, and trails. Passive recreation typically requires little management and can be provided at very low costs. Some open space managers provide nothing other than trails for physical activity in

1452-483: The old Nielson Tower and the monument to Gabriel. An 80,000-square-meter (860,000 sq ft) high-grade office tower named Ayala Triangle Tower Two is also being built on the Ayala Triangle Gardens North corner, as well as the new Mandarin Oriental Hotel , opposite its old location. In 2017, a memorial to two of Makati CBD's visionaries and builders, Joseph McMicking and Mercedes Zobel McMicking of

1496-644: The other corners of the Triangle: the Gabriela Silang monument at the southwest tip erected in 1971, and the Muhammad Kudarat monument at the northeast tip erected in 1973, both designed by sculptor José M. Mendoza. A recent addition to the Triangle is the row of al fresco restaurants behind the Makati Stock Exchange building. The southeast corner of the Triangle also contains a parking lot just beside

1540-404: The park was built was purchased by Richard Vaughan Yates, an iron merchant and philanthropist, in 1841 for £50,000. The creation of Princes Park showed great foresight and introduced a number of highly influential ideas. First and foremost was the provision of open space for the benefit of townspeople and local residents within an area that was being rapidly built up. Secondly it took the concept of

1584-420: The past three years and 95 per cent expect their funding will continue to reduce". Parks can be divided into active and passive recreation areas. Active recreation is that which has an urban character and requires intensive development. It often involves cooperative or team activity, including playgrounds , ball fields, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and skateparks . Active recreation such as team sports, due to

1628-452: The principal influences on Olmsted and Calvert's design for New York's Central Park of 1857. Another early public park, the Peel Park, Salford , England, opened on 22 August 1846. Boston Common was purchased for public use grazing cows and as a military parade ground and dump in 1634. It first started to get recreational elements in 1728, arguably making it the first municipal park in

1672-574: The public.) and some EU states that have mostly recreation grounds for kids to play within a park, but may also have a duck pond, large grassy zones not meant exclusively for sports, many trees, and several bushy places. When it occurs as a separate facility on its own, without any parkland, at a street corner or by a shop, the play facility is called a playground . Mandarin Oriental Hotel Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited

1716-485: The wealthy. In The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America, (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1982), Professor Galen Cranz identifies four phases of park design in the U.S. In the late 19th century, city governments purchased large tracts of land on the outskirts of cities to form "pleasure grounds": semi-open, charmingly landscaped areas whose primary purpose was to allow city residents, especially

1760-484: The workers, to relax in nature. As time passed and the urban area grew around the parks, land in these parks was used for other purposes, such as zoos, golf courses and museums. These parks continue to draw visitors from around the region and are considered regional parks , because they require a higher level of management than smaller local parks. According to the Trust for Public Land , the three most visited municipal parks in

1804-524: The world are joining together to support local parks that have suffered from urban decay and government neglect. A linear park is a park that has a much greater length than width. A typical example of a linear park is a section of a former railway that has been converted into a park called a rail trail or greenway (i.e. the tracks removed, vegetation allowed to grow back). Some examples of linear parks in North America include New York's High Line and

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1848-525: Was of secondary importance. As urban land prices climbed, new urban parks in the 1960s and after have been mainly pocket parks . One example of a pocket park is Chess Park in Glendale, California. The American Society of Landscape Architects gave this park a General Design Award of Honor in 2006. These small parks provide greenery, a place to sit outdoors, and often a playground for children. All four types of park continue to exist in urban areas. Because of

1892-510: 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

1936-537: Was rented out to the Batthyány family to carry out such a project but the city had eventually taken back control and in 1813 announced a design competition to finally finish the park; works started in 1816. An early purpose-built public park, although financed privately, was Princes Park in the Liverpool suburb of Toxteth . This was laid out to the designs of Joseph Paxton from 1842 and opened in 1843. The land on which

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