NIELSON AIRPORT 

BEFORE AND AFTER 
Location: Paseo de Roxas St., cor Makati Ave., Ayala Ave., Makati City
Wayback March 20, 1937

DID YOU KNOW?! 
*The land of the present day Ayala Triangle Gardens was once the 42-hectare (100-acre) formerly known NEILSON AIRPORT (manila’s pre-WWII airport)
*And located in the vast Hacienda de San Pedro de Macati of the Zobel de Ayala family 
*When the airport was decommissioned in 1948 and transferred its present site in Nichols Fields- the site was returned to the ayalas and redeveloped as a commercial district 
*The runways were converted into roads which now form the Triangle’s boundaries: Ayala ave., along its southwest, Paseo de Roxas along northeast, and Makati Ave., to the southeast 
*By 1971, the Ayala Corporation moved to its new headquarters in the triangle at the Makati Stock Exchange Center 
*In the 1980’s, Ugarte field was the site of regular protests against the Marcos dictatorship 
*It was named after its owner and developers Ayala Land and “Opened to the Public” in November 2009
*Inspired by Hyde Park in London - the park which is dotted with palms, acacia trees and tropical foliage is considered as one of the few “green” areas in Makati
*today, Neilson Airport popularly Known as “ AYALA TRIANGLE GARDENS “(Urban Park)