It is located at the corner of Old Antipolo Street and Rizal Avenue in Sampaloc, Manila and derives its name from nearby Blumentritt Road, which is named after the Czech professor Ferdinand Blumentritt, friend of José Rizal and sympathizer of the Filipino cause.
The fourth national congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines was held February 24-28, 1946, at Quality Club, Rizal Avenue in Manila.
In 2000, during the mayorship of Lito Atienza, the stretch from C.M. Recto Avenue to Palanca Street was turned into a pedestrian-only thoroughfare by laying bricks on the road, with the buildings and the LRT painted as part of an urban renewal project.
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It runs through the border of the City of Manila with Quezon City and Caloocan from Rizal Avenue in Santa Cruz district to Gregorio Tuazon Street (formerly Calle Balic Balic) in Sampaloc district.
Constructed on a four-hectare leased prime property that was formerly where ProFoods Factory once stood along Rizal Avenue, also known as Cebu North Road in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion, Cebu, SM Prime Holdings envisions the mall to become a premier destination in the northern Cebu island.