Places along the river

Our anchor point is Marikina City Hall, Shoe Avenue, Barangay Santa Elena, Marikina City, Metro Manila. Every place below is within a few kilometres of it, most of them within walking distance of the Marikina River. Together they tell the story of a river city: its parks and plazas, its heritage and faith, its markets and the large public buildings that become shelters in a storm. None of these places is affiliated with this site; visit them as a resident or guest, and check each one's own announcements for hours and events.

1. 
   Along both banks of the Marikina River

   Marikina River Park

   The landscaped banks of the Marikina River are the city's front porch and the best place to understand what happened in 2009.

2. 
   Along A. Bonifacio Avenue beside the Marikina River

   Riverbanks Center

   A riverside shopping and events complex where the park meets the city's busiest commercial edge.

3. 
   J.P. Rizal Street

   Marikina Shoe Museum

   The city's shoemaking heritage, and the small workshops that took years to recover after the flood.

4. 
   J.P. Rizal Street

   Kapitan Moy Residence

   The ancestral house where Marikina's shoemaking story is said to have begun, now the city's cultural centre.

5. 
   J.P. Rizal Street

   Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish

   The historic church of Marikina's patroness, a place of prayer for the city in hard seasons.

6. 
   Corner of Sumulong Highway and Shoe Avenue

   Marikina Sports Center

   The city's big sports complex, steps from City Hall, and the kind of public facility that becomes a refuge in a storm.

7. 
   Shoe Avenue

   Teatro Marikina

   The city's theatre on Shoe Avenue, where performances and civic programmes bring the community together.

8. 
   Near Sumulong Highway on the Santa Elena side of the river

   Marikina Public Market

   The city's daily market near the river, where recovery shows up first in what is on the stalls.

A remembrance walk

If you want to mark the anniversary of Ondoy on foot, a simple route links several of these places: start with a prayer at Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish, walk the heritage street past the Kapitan Moy Residence and the Shoe Museum, then go down to the River Park and follow the water south toward Riverbanks Center. Go in dry weather, and never along the bank when alarms are raised.