Quezon City Hall

Quezon City Hall

General information
Status	Complete
Town or city	Quezon City
Country	Philippines
Construction started	1964
Inaugurated	1972
Technical details
Floor count	14

The Quezon City Hall is a government building which houses the office of the Mayor of Quezon City located along the Elliptical Road. The Quezon City Council is housed within the adjacent Legislative Wing.

A city hall for Quezon City previously existed within the grounds now occupied by the Ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) High School. It was built during the administration of then Acting Mayor Ponciano Bernardo, who was an engineer appointed to the political post by then President Manuel Roxas.^[1]

In the 1949 master plan for Quezon City, it was planned that the Quezon City Hall to be built at the site currently occupied by the East Avenue Medical Center. The present city hall was constructed from 1964 to 1972.^[2] The current city hall was completed under the watch of then Mayor Norberto Amoranto.^[1]

References

1 2 "Milestones in History". Quezon City Official Website. Quezon City Government. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
↑ Bueza, Michael (12 October 2014). "What Quezon City could have looked like". Rappler. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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Coordinates: 14°38′48″N 121°03′00″E / 14.6468°N 121.0500°E / 14.6468; 121.0500

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