November 24
2018 - Valenzuela City People's Park receives the Haligi ng Dangal 2018 People’s Choice Award for... " Addressing the civic desire for open space within rapidly urbanizing Valenzuela, the Valenzuela City People’s Park provides an engaging space of recreation, and expression within the heart of the city. A 1.5 hectare greenfield development, it consciously makes use of endemic trees and local flora, providing a tropical r efuge amidst the industrial locale. The successful community-centric multifunctional park is crafted to directly cater to and respond to the needs of Valenzuelanos who yearn for outdoor leisure spaces, generating pride of place." T he Haligi ng Dangal, given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, through the National Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts, is a biannual award conferred upon exemplary works of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and Environmental Planning honoring both the built form and thei...