Taft Avenue is a major street in Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

. It crosses through two major cities of the metro: Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

 and Pasay City

Pasay City

The City of Pasay is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by the country's capital, Manila, to the northeast by Makati City, to the east by Taguig City, and Parañaque City to the south.Pasay City was one of the original four...

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Direction

Taft Avenue starts from Quirino Avenue in Pasay City, then transversing northeast to EDSA, then north to Antonio Arnaiz Avenue (formerly known as Libertad), Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly known as Buendia), Pedro Gil (formerly known as Herran), and the United Nations Avenue. The avenue straight ahead would be later known as Padre Burgos and spurs into three bridges then streets: Quezon Boulevard, Rizal Avenue, and Quintin Paredes.

Rizal Park

One of the two entrances to Rizal Park

Rizal Park

Rizal Park, also known as Luneta Park or colloquially Luneta, is a historical urban park located in the heart of the city of Manila, Philippines, adjacent to the old walled city of Manila, now Intramuros. Since the Spanish Colonial Era, the park has been a favorite spot for unwinding, socializing,...

, (the other being Roxas Boulevard

Roxas Boulevard

Roxas Boulevard is a boulevard in Metro Manila, and an eight-lane arterial road that connects the center of Manila with Pasay City, Parañaque City. It is one of the major arteries in the city's metropolitan network, designated as Radial Road 1...

), the Taft Avenue entrance is also adjacent to the National Museum

National museum

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: which is located in 2 buildings, namely, the National Art Gallery (formerly Legislative Building

Old Congress Building, Manila

The Old Congress Building is a building located on Padre Burgos Avenue, Ermita, Manila, Philippines. It is currently home of the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines...

) & the Museum of the Filipino People (formerly Finance Building), and the Statue of Sultan Kudarat.

Government buildings

Taft Avenue is home (or near) to some government buildings: the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Supreme Court of the Philippines

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, Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals

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, Department of Tourism, Bureau of Plant Industry

Bureau of Plant Industry

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 and the National Bureau of Investigation

National Bureau of Investigation

The National Bureau of Investigation , is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for handling and solving major high profile cases that are in the interest of the nation.-Organization and Jurisdiction:The NBI is a government entity that is civilian in...

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World Health Organization

The office of the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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 Western Pacific Region is located on Taft Avenue, adjacent the United Nations LRT Station

United Nations LRT Station

United Nations LRT Station, also known as UN Avenue LRT Station, is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, United Nations station is above-ground. The station serves Ermita in Manila and is located at the corner of Taft and United Nations Avenues...

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University Belt

Taft Avenue forms a part of the University Belt

University Belt

The University Belt is the unofficial name of a de facto sub-district in Manila, Philippines. It refers to the area where there is a high concentration or a cluster of colleges and universities in the city....

. Universities such as the De La Salle University

De La Salle University

De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippine Women's University

Philippine Women's University

The Philippine Women's University is a non-sectarian academic institution for men and women in the Philippines, founded in 1919 as the Philippine Women's College by Filipino women who envisioned a school that would prepare young women for leadership and service...

 and the Philippine Normal University

Philippine Normal University

The Philippine Normal University is a public national university in the Philippines established during the early days of American rule of the Philippine Islands. Pursuant to a law passed by the Philippine Congress, Republic Act No...

 could be found in Taft Avenue.

National Cathedral of the Philippine Independent Church

The National Cathedral of the Holy Infant Jesus of the Philippine Independent Church

Philippine Independent Church

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 is located in Taft Avenue.

Transportation

Taft Avenue is accessed through jeepneys, taxis

Taxis

A taxis is an innate behavioral response by an organism to a directional stimulus or gradient of stimulus intensity. A taxis differs from a tropism in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source ...

, LRT and MRT. The avenue houses some stations of the Yellow Line: EDSA

EDSA LRT Station

EDSA LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, EDSA station is above-ground. The station is located on the intersection of Taft Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, one of Metro Manila's main thoroughfares...

 (interchange at the Blue Line), Libertad

Libertad LRT Station

Libertad LRT Station is a light-rail-transportation station located in Pasay City, Philippines. It is a stop on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other of Manila's LRT-1 stations, Libertad Station is above-ground. The station is located in Pasay City at the corner of Taft Avenue and Antonio...

, Gil Puyat

Gil Puyat LRT Station

Gil Puyat LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Gil Puyat station station is above-ground. The station is located in Pasay City and is named because the station lies immediately above Gil Puyat Avenue...

, Vito Cruz

Vito Cruz LRT Station

Vito Cruz LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Vito Cruz station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is the first station from Baclaran and the last station from North Avenue to lie within Manila city bounds. The station...

, Quirino Avenue

Quirino Avenue LRT Station

Quirino Avenue LRT Station, also known as Quirino, is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Quirino Avenue station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is located at the meeting point of Taft Avenue, Quirino Avenue and San Andres Street...

, Pedro Gil

Pedro Gil LRT Station

Pedro Gil LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, Pedro Gil station is above-ground. The station serves Ermita in Manila and is located at the corner of Taft Avenue and Pedro Gil Street...

, United Nations

United Nations LRT Station

United Nations LRT Station, also known as UN Avenue LRT Station, is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . Like all other LRT-1 stations, United Nations station is above-ground. The station serves Ermita in Manila and is located at the corner of Taft and United Nations Avenues...

, and of the Blue Line, Taft Avenue

Taft Avenue MRT Station

Taft Avenue MRT Station is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line , and is the only MRT station in Pasay City. Like all other MRT stations, Taft Avenue is above-ground, although it is the only station that is at grade, lying directly on flat ground...

 (interchange at the Yellow Line.