&sq=&lang=&file=File:09053jfCaloocan_Rizal_Avenue_Barangays_Roads_Churches_Landmarksfvf_04.JPG) 10th Avenue near Rizal Avenue with the elevated LRT-1 visible in the background | |
| Former name(s) | Macario Asistio Sr. Avenue Asistio Avenue |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways – Metro Manila 3rd District Engineering Office |
| Length | 2.418 km (1.502 mi)[1] |
| Location | Caloocan |
| West end | A. Mabini Street in Poblacion |
| Major junctions |  N150 (Rizal Avenue) |
| East end | Kamantigue Street in Grace Park East |
10th Avenue, formerly known as Macario Asistio Sr. Avenue or simply Asistio Avenue, is an undivided four-lane street in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines that stretches east–west, bisecting south Caloocan. Like most avenues in the Grace Park area, it crosses a grid system of numbered streets that run from north to south, with other numbered avenues running from east to west. 10th Avenue was formally renamed "Asistio Avenue" before the reversion of its current name, owing to it being the tenth avenue running east–west from the city's border with Manila in the south. The former renaming was done in 1984 to honor the former mayor of Caloocan, who served from 1962 to 1971, and the father of another Caloocan mayor, Boy Asistio, but has since been disregarded and reverted.[2]
10th Avenue and the present-day Grace Park district, through which it travels, was a pre–World War II civilian airfield known as the Manila North Airfield or Grace Park. This airfield, which opened in 1935 near the then-newly built Bonifacio Monument, was Manila's first commercial airport that served as a hub for Philippine Airlines for its first domestic routes. The airport was decommissioned after the war and was transformed by the government into a residential and industrial area.[3][4]
- ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Batas Pambansa Blg. 686 (March 7, 1984), "An Act Changing the Name of 10th Avenue (East and West) in the City of Caloocan, Metropolitan Manila, to Daang Macario B. Asistio, Sr.", The Corpus Juris, retrieved April 2, 2019
- ^ "Grace Park Airfield (Manila North)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ Lazatin, Hannah (16 May 2018). "A Rare Look at the Glory Days of the Manila International Airport". Town & Country. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.