The avenue and the adjacent area are also referred to by locals as Muñoz, as it is the site of a popular wet market, the Muñoz Market, located at the corner of FPJ Avenue and EDSA. The market was named after its owner, Demetrio Muñoz, a philanthropist, businessman and presidential adviser during the administration of Diosdado Macapagal from the province of Pampanga.[6] At the opposite end of FPJ on Quezon Avenue is Fisher Mall, a commercial establishment built on the land that used to be the main terminal of the Pangasinan Transportation Company (PANTRANCO), which went bankrupt in 1993.[7] FPJ Avenue is also home to the former transmitter of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).
Renaming proposals
A street sign of the avenue after it was renamed to Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue
In 2010, Quezon City's 1st district representative Vincent Crisologo authored a bill in Congress to rename Roosevelt Avenue after his predecessor, former representative Reynaldo Calalay, who died in office in 2003.[8]
Senate amended House Bill No. 7499, originally to rename the adjacent Del Monte Avenue after the actor Fernando Poe Jr. After considering opinions from various religious groups and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Senate PresidentTito Sotto introduced an amendment to rename Roosevelt Avenue instead. On September 13, 2021, the Senate approved the amendment and the bill.[9] The House concurred with the Senate amendment on September 28 and transmitted it to PresidentRodrigo Duterte on November 20 for his signature. On December 10, 2021, President Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11608, renaming the road as Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue. It was published in the Official Gazette on January 13, 2022.[3]
Route description
Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue northbound from its intersection with Quezon Avenue
FPJ Avenue is located in Quezon City, northeast of Manila and runs for roughly 2.9 kilometers (1.8 mi) along a north–south axis. Starting at its southern terminus at the junction with Quezon Avenue in BarangaySanta Cruz, the road heads north toward Barangay Paraiso, providing access to Damayan, the site of the old Santuario de San Pedro Bautista church of the former pueblo of San Francisco del Monte built in 1593. It intersects with Del Monte Avenue, from where it continues on a straight path north through the mixed residential and industrial villages of San Antonio and Paltok, where a Coca-Cola plant stands next to the IBC transmitter (now demolished in 2023). The road ends at the intersection with EDSA by the Muñoz Market and Walter Mart North Edsa.
