Greenbelt Park in Makati City
Greenbelt Park, located in and around the Greenbelt Mall, used to be a belt of “green” right smack in the middle of this two city block long area. In the 1970s the south area already had a lagoon surrounded by gardens, a chapel and an aviary. Around this area was a supermarket, Max Fried Chicken, Shakey's Pizza and the old Ayala Museum. A modest-sized building for retail shops and restaurants was built sometime in the early 1980s up to the 1990s. Then through a series of construction booms, the old Greenbelt Mall and its peripheral supermarket and restaurants were finally demolished to finally give way to the Greenbelt Mall Complex.
The lagoon and the chapel were retained. Pockets of Zen-like gardens and water fountains were built around the complex. The lagoon, winding its way through nooks of the park, has become the focal point of the complex. You can see an extended family of ducks cleaning themselves on a grassy bank while small kids try to feed them with stale bread to the consternation of the park’s guards.
People stop and take in the beauty of the green bushes, exotic flowers and therapeutic water gardens and installations. Although trampling on the grass is not allowed, there are areas with seats that open up to well-lighted water fountains and greeneries. Feel free to sit and relax.
Strolling from one mall to another (there are 5 malls in the complex) is quite relaxing. Although the mall complex caters to the A and B classes, the park itself welcomes people from all walks of life, taking in their fill of this green oasis in the heart of Makati’s premiere shopping mall.
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posted Feb. 19th, 2012 - 9:01pm
Joy says:
Nice place,thanks to Ayala clan
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