Mandaluyong

Mandaluyong City is a city in Metro Manila, Philippines. While not touristy as its neighbors owing to the lack of historical sites, the city is by the way a shopping destination, bordered by Makati to the south, Manila's southeast suburban districts to the west, Pasig to the east, and San Juan and Quezon City to the north.

History
The city used to be the historical center of the ancient Namayan kingdom, which used to cover much of some of the districts of Manila, and eastern and southern Metro Manila. When the Spaniards arrived, the remnants of the kingdom have been re-established as the municipality of Santa Ana, which survived as the easternmost district of Manila. Namayan, in turn, survived as the name of one of the city's barangays

Mandaluyong is established in 1843 as the town of San Felipe Neri, named after the patron of Rome. Its first church and parochial school was built in 1863. The city played a strategic role for the revolutionary Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution.

Civil government is established during the early 1900s. San Felipe Neri is merged into the nearby town of San Juan del Monte (present-day San Juan City), and has served as the provincial capital of Rizal for four months in 1904, until it was transferred to Pasig. In 1907, the American colonial administrators restored the municipality, now renamed as Mandaluyong. Many of the city's government buildings and infrastructure, most notably the Welfareville complex, which included the Correctional Institute for Women, Boy's Town, and the National Center for Mental Health (NCHP), are built during the American era.

World War II in the Pacific was devastating in Mandaluyong; it is heavily damaged and many of its people killed. Liberation forces arrived in February 9, 1945, and saved the rest of the municipality from damage. February 9 has since been turned into a local public holiday, Liberation Day

Postwar years is marked by progress and prosperity. Rebuilding was done quickly, and Mandaluyong have undergone an economic boom during the 1950s and 1960, and became the most developed municipality of Rizal. The municipality became part of Metro Manila in 1975, and became a city in 1994.

Get in
Buses or jeepneys can get you into Mandaluyong, with buses mostly plying the main thoroughfare of EDSA.

For the tourist however, the easiest way to get to Mandaluyong would be via taxi, the MRT and the EDSA Carousel that run across it.

Mandaluyong is connected to Makati through three bridges (Guadalupe, Estrella–Pantaleon, and Makati-Mandaluyong). From Manila, it is either by Lambingan Bridge or Sevilla Bridge.

Get around
Mandaluyong's CBDs, all along EDSA, are served by the MRT and the EDSA Carousel; elsewhere, you go with jeepneys, taxis and tricycles.