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20-597: Fields Avenue may refer to: Fields Avenue, The Philippines Elysian Fields Avenue , Louisiana [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fields_Avenue&oldid=982976939 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

40-599: A nexus between the locals, politicians and American military and ex military personnel . With the withdrawal of American defense forces from Clark in 1993, many of these establishments changed hands but continued to do business. As Clark was turned into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), these bars and prostitution joints changed their clientele to suit their new customers - Japanese and Korean businessmen . Restaurants serving food from these countries began to appear and signboards in these languages were put up. The period from 2000-2010 saw further expansion of these joints, as

60-479: A reasonably number of them open early (around 7 am). A few restaurants are open 24 hours. Most Filipino and international fast food chains including McDonald's , KFC and Jollibee have at least one branch along or near Fields Avenue. A 24-hour police station is located in the center of Fields Avenue. MacArthur Highway The MacArthur Highway , officially the Manila North Road ( MNR or MaNor ),

80-635: A section of Fields Avenue at the end where it meets the N2 MacArthur Highway was named as "Walking Street", mimicking Walking Street in Pattaya ; this section was made pedestrians only, with road traffic banned from 6 pm to 6 am. People arriving by air either take a taxi direct to hotel or a jeepny to Main Gate Jeepney Terminal located between to north SM mall, Fields Avenue to south and Bayanihan Park to east. Those arriving from Manila by bus, ask

100-653: A series of route numbering systems by the Department of Public Works and Highways . From Caloocan to Guiguinto and from Laoag to Aparri , it is the component of National Route 1 ( N1 ) of the Philippine highway network , although N1 is not signposted in the first part of the highway; the latter section is also part of the Pan-Philippine Highway or Asian Highway 26 ( AH26 ) of the Asian highway network . The rest of

120-668: Is a 685-kilometer (426 mi), two-to-six lane, national primary highway and tertiary highway in Luzon , Philippines , connecting Caloocan in Metro Manila to Aparri in Cagayan at the north. It is the second longest road in the Philippines , after the Pan-Philippine Highway . It is primarily known as MacArthur Highway in segments from Caloocan to Urdaneta, Pangasinan , although it

140-626: Is also applied up to Ilocos Sur and called Manila North Road for the entire length. Manila North Road is a toll-free, two- to eight-lane national road that stretches for 684.855 kilometers (425.549 mi) from the Bonifacio Monument (Monumento) Circle in Caloocan , north of Manila , to the northern province of Cagayan , passing through three cities in Metro Manila (Caloocan, Malabon , and Valenzuela ), three provinces of Central Luzon ( Bulacan , Pampanga and Tarlac ), four provinces of

160-536: Is also known as such in La Union and Ilocos Sur. Its section that forms part of N1/AH26 from Laoag to Aparri is also known as Maharlika Highway and part of Laoag–Allacapan Road . Through the city proper of San Fernando, La Union , the road is locally known as Quezon Avenue . In Laoag , it forms part of Laoag–Paoay Road between Laoag Airport Road and at the city proper, it is locally known as J.P. Rizal Avenue and Gen. Segundo Avenue , respectively. The highway

180-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fields Avenue, The Philippines The name derives from the common military practice of naming roads adjacent to airfields as "Field" Street or "Field avenue". Originally the name referred to the Clark Air Base and was "Clark Field Avenue". The name evolved to become Fields Avenue. Philippines

200-756: The Ilocos Region ( Pangasinan , La Union , Ilocos Sur , and Ilocos Norte ), and the province of Cagayan in the Cagayan Valley region. The highway parallels the North Luzon Expressway from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to Mabalacat , the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway from Mabalacat to Tarlac City , and the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway from Tarlac City to Rosario . The entire road consists of

220-484: The area was relabeled as an "entertainment district". While prostitution was officially banned, girls working here were simply redesignated as " Guest Relations Officers " (GRO) and prostitution continued in practice. Since then, bars and prostitution joints have continued to proliferate and expand, the extent of these establishments has continued further on both sides of Fields Avenue and many smaller streets off Fields Avenue also sport smaller such establishments. In 2010,

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240-520: The bars and Hotels in Fields Avenue have restaurants attached. Fields Avenue has among the largest variety of restaurants in Philippines, with cuisines ranging from European , Continental , Japanese , Korean , Australian and a select few restaurants serving Indian , Arabic and Filipino food . Restaurants tend to have long opening hours, most of them open late and close late (up to 4 am) though

260-657: The driver to drop them off at the corner of Fields Avenue and MacArthur Highway, or alight at Capas-Angeles Transport Terminal which is also walking distance from Fields Avenue and the MacArthur Highway. The presence of family oriented activities on the other side of Fields Avenue, namely shopping malls as well as activity centers in Clark air base has led to a neat separation between the two. Fields Avenue tends to cater more to single foreigner men (and sometimes women too, with at least five bars featuring gigolos and gays ) while

280-436: The number of American troops in this war grew, more and more forces were deployed at Clark airbase or routed through it. This led to a proliferation of bars, live bands and prostitution , the latter mostly by young Filipina women, most of them either teenagers or 18–55 years old. By the 1970s, there were more than 150 bars and prostitution joints along Fields Avenue. This led to a mushrooming of related ancillary industries in

300-408: The rest of Clark caters to family based entertainment. Fields Avenue remains among the safest streets in the region, with a very low crime rate, exceptionally few robberies, fights or murders. Fields Avenue has the largest density of hotels in Philippines, catering to all budgets, from a large number of two star and three star hotels right up to a select few luxurious five star hotels . Many of

320-660: The route from Guiguinto to Laoag is entirely designated as the National Route 2 ( N2 ) of the Philippine highway network. Particularly its section in Metro Manila, it is also a component of R-9 of Manila's arterial road network . Its remaining section in Aparri is classified as an unnumbered, tertiary road. Manila North Road's section from Caloocan to Urdaneta, Pangasinan is officially recognized as MacArthur Highway , although it

340-524: The vicinity, namely music bands, hotels, doctors, hairdressers and money exchange / transfer services. In its heyday, Fields Avenue provided direct or direct employment to nearly 20,000 Filipinos including plumbers, electricians and security guards. In the 1980s, though the American presence remained steady, the bars and prostitution shops continued to proliferate. Many bars and prostitution dens were owned by Americans as well as local politicians, thus leading to

360-423: Was an American colony from 1898 to 1946. Bars on Fields Avenue catering to the single American defense personnel, who worked in the adjacent Clark Air Base, first emerged in 1940. During 1940s and 50s there were only 3 such bars just outside the main gate of the airbase, By early 1960s, the Fields Avenue developed as a street lined with several bars. From November 1955 to April 1975 America fought Vietnam War , as

380-466: Was built in sections beginning in 1928 during the American colonial period . It followed much of the route of the old Manila Railroad line from Manila to Dagupan . It was designated Highway 3 or Route 3 in early U.S. military records. It also reached south up to Manila through the present-day alignment of Rizal Avenue (Route 3A); the highway's section from Caloocan to Valenzuela (formerly Polo)

400-821: Was once part of Rizal Avenue Extension. However, Highway 3 had different alignments: in Valenzuela, it used a route still existing today in barangay Malanday ; in Bulacan , it went along the Maharlika Highway and Pulilan Regional Road from Guiguinto to Calumpit via Pulilan ; in San Fernando and Angeles , Pampanga , it is known as the Old Manila North Road; and in Paniqui , Tarlac , it followed Paniqui Poblacion Road. New alignments were eventually developed, forming

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