Marikina City is located on the eastern border of Metro Manila on the island of Luzon. It is known as the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" due to its notable shoe industry. Several landmarks highlight Marikina's history and culture, including the Kapitan Moy Building where the first pair of shoes were designed, and the Marikina River Park which hosts community and cultural activities. The city aims to gain world attention by creating the world's largest pair of shoes to break the Guinness World Record.
Marikina City is located on the eastern border of Metro Manila on the island of Luzon. It is known as the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" due to its notable shoe industry. Several landmarks highlight Marikina's history and culture, including the Kapitan Moy Building where the first pair of shoes were designed, and the Marikina River Park which hosts community and cultural activities. The city aims to gain world attention by creating the world's largest pair of shoes to break the Guinness World Record.
Marikina City is located on the eastern border of Metro Manila on the island of Luzon. It is known as the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" due to its notable shoe industry. Several landmarks highlight Marikina's history and culture, including the Kapitan Moy Building where the first pair of shoes were designed, and the Marikina River Park which hosts community and cultural activities. The city aims to gain world attention by creating the world's largest pair of shoes to break the Guinness World Record.
Marikina City is located on the eastern border of Metro Manila on the island of Luzon. It is known as the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" due to its notable shoe industry. Several landmarks highlight Marikina's history and culture, including the Kapitan Moy Building where the first pair of shoes were designed, and the Marikina River Park which hosts community and cultural activities. The city aims to gain world attention by creating the world's largest pair of shoes to break the Guinness World Record.
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MARIKINA
METRO MANILA, NCR REGION
Marikina, officially the City of Marikina, known as the Shoe
Capital of the Philippines, was former capital of the province of Manila during the declaration of Philippine Independence and one of the sixteen cities within the Manila Metropolitan Area. Marikina is part of Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila's four districts. It is located on the eastern border of Metro Manila of the island of Luzon. Several cities and municipalities lies on its border: San Mateo, Rizal to the north and northeast, Antipolo City to the east, Cainta, Rizal to the southeast, Pasig City to the south and Quezon City to the entire west.
Marikina was given the title the "Shoe Capital of the
Philippines" because of its notable shoe industry. Shoemakers in the city recently finished creating the World's Largest Pair of Shoes and it was only recently that the Guinness World Records recognized this feat. The Shoe Museum located in the city is the home of the famous shoe collection of the former First Lady Imelda Marcos, shoes of the world leaders, past presidents, famous celebrities and persons, shoes of different countries around the world etc., and contains the largest collection of pair of shoes in the world. SITE MAP ZONING MAP FIGURE GROUND URBAN PATTERN MAJOR ROAD STREETS GREEN COVERS URBAN PATTERN
FIGURE GROUND
MAJOR ROADS & NODES
STREETS
GREEN COVERS
ZONING MAP KAPITAN MOY RESIDENCE
The Bahay na Bato is a Spanish
heritage site declared as a National Shrine in 1968. More than 200 years old, this structure was where the first pair of shoes were designed in Marikina City. It’s owned by Kapitan Moy, considered the Father of the Shoe Industry in the Philippines. MARIKINA RIVER PARK The Marikina River Park is a system of parks, trails, open spaces, and recreation facilities that is the focal point for the city's community and cultural activities. The park was developed as part of a rehabilitation program called Save the Marikina River Program by the Marikina city government. RESIDENTIAL AREAS With its low traffic volume and its limited commercial uses, the residential area really shows its distinctive character as compared to the Marikina Public Market. Michelia Residences is just one example of the residential areas in Marikina City. Evidently, it has its own neighborhood character that adheres more to a contemporary atmosphere. DID YOU KNOW? OTHER LANDMARKS:
OUR LADY OF THE ABANDONED
MARIKIT STATUTE
JESÚS DELA PEÑA CHAPEL
MARIKINA FREEDOM PARK
WORLD’S LARGEST PAIR OF SHOES
MARIKINA PROFILE
LAND AREA: 21.52 SQ. KM.
FACTS ABOUT MARIKINA
The City of Marikina, dubbed as the country’s shoemaking capital,
aims for world attention as ten craftsmen from the Marikina Colossal Footwear Foundation create what would be the world’s biggest pair of shoes in an attempt to break into the Guiness Book of World Records.
The Kapitan Moy Building, now the Sentrong Pangkultura ng
Marikina, is a two-century old building once owned by Don Laureano “Kapitan Moy” Guevarra, the Father of the Shoe Industry
POPULATION: 456, 059
LAND AREA: 21.52 SQ. KM. NO. OF BARANGAYS:16
INCOME CLASS: 1ST CITY
INCOME CLASS
Main economy sector
Tertiary sector (services) POPULATION: 456, 059 POPULATION GHG emissions (tCO2e) 719,269 (2013) No. of gov. employee 2,167 NO. OF BARANGAYS: 16 INCOME CLASS: 1ST CITY INCOME CLASS
MAIN ECONOMY SECTOR: TERTIARY SECTOR
(SERVICES)
GHG EMISSIONS (TCO2E):
719,269 (2013)
NO. OF GOV. EMPLOYEE:
MAIN GEOGRAPHY TYPE: INLAND
Number of days with rainfall (≥ 1.0 mm) 126.88 days (34.76%)
Days with no rain 238.12 days (65.24%)
DAYS WITH RAINFALL:
126.88 days (34.76%)
American author and urban planner Kevin Lynch. He
was a pioneer of mental mapping and is renowned for DAYS WITH NO RAIN: his work on the perceptual shape of urban 238.12 DAYS (65.24%) landscapes. As a summary of a section of one of his works, "The MARIKIT STATUE FATHER OF SHOE Marikit is a 40 feet statue (about 4 to 5 INDUSTRY story) along the riverside area. In one legend it was believed that she was the The founder and father of the shoe first lady who accidentally fell and got industry in Marikina was Don drowned in the river. The riverbanks Laureano “Kapitan Moy” Guevara. area is a hub for the people of Marikina Kapitan Moy served as capitan and nearby places. Before 1788 municipal and was credited for according to some historical account the helping manufacture the first pair of name of the town was” Marikit – Na” shoes in Marikina in 1887. Tagalog term for pretty. THE CITY OF MARIKINA
MARIKINA, METRO MANILA SHOE CAPITAL
MARIKINA BRIEF MARIKINA LOGO
MARIKINA PROFILE THE SITE
THE MAPS
LANDMARKS PATHS Nicannor NODES Shoe avenue Mayor Fernando Gil Avenue E Del Paz St Jose P. Rizal St DISTRICT BOUNDARIES Marikina River Balante Creek
FACTS
ME CULTURAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL ZONE OPEN SPACES CEMETERY
