Timog Avenue

GMA Network Center on Timog Avenue

Timog Avenue is a four-lane road located at the heart of Quezon City's entertainment district. It begins at its junction with EDSA south of East Avenue by South Triangle's border with the central Diliman village of Pinyahan. It heads west from this junction to cross GMA Network Drive and Sergeant Esguerra Avenue towards the 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda on the intersection with Tomas Morato Avenue. Located on or near this eastern section of Timog are the GMA studios, Kamuning MRT Station, Tune Hotel Quezon City, and Imperial Palace Suites Hotel. After crossing the Boy Scout circle, the avenue is dominated by more commercial establishments, including The Shoppes at Victoria which houses a Robinsons Supermarket, Luxent Hotel (positioned as an upscale Business and Family-friendly hotel), Torre Venezia and the Toyama Center. Located on this western section are many popular restaurants, comedy clubs, and cosmetic salons which cater to local actors working in nearby studios. The avenue terminates at the junction with Quezon Avenue south of West Avenue near West Triangle.

The avenue forms the southern boundary of the formerly proposed 400-hectare (990-acre) Diliman Quadrangle within the former Diliman Estate also known as Hacienda de Tuason, purchased by the Philippine Commonwealth government in 1939 as the new capital to replace Manila.[3] It was originally planned as the new city's Central Park housing the new national government buildings (the new Presidential palace, Capitol Building, and Supreme Court complex) within the 25-hectare (62-acre) elliptical site now known as the Quezon Memorial Circle. The quadrangle is bordered on the north by North Avenue, on the east by East Avenue, on the south by Timog (South) Avenue, and on the west by West Avenue. Designed by American city planner William E. Parsons and Harry Frost, in collaboration with engineer AD Williams and architects Juan Arellano and Louis Croft, the site was also to contain the 15-hectare (37-acre) national exposition grounds opposite the corner of North Avenue and EDSA (now occupied by SM City North EDSA).[3] The Diliman Quadrangle had been largely undeveloped for decades due to lack of funding. After several revisions, the government planners moved the city center to Novaliches due to its higher elevation.[4] On April 24, 1964, the Quezon City council renamed streets in the area commemorated at the 11th World Scout Jamboree the previous year, it was to be renamed Boy Scouts Avenue, but the government disagreed, however the street eventually renamed Timog Avenue (Tagalog for South).[5] By 1976, the country's capital had been transferred back to Manila with only the Quezon Memorial built in the former capital site.

The entire route is located in Quezon City. 

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		N170 (Quezon Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Western terminus. Continues as N171 (West Avenue)
		Panay Avenue
		Mother Ignacia Avenue, Scout Santiago Street
		Scout Tobias Street	Alternative route to E.Rodriguez Sr. Ave via Tobias—Hemady Bridge
		Scout Tuazon Street
		Tomas Morato Avenue	11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda
		Scout Torillo Street
		Scout Ybardolaza Street
		Sergeant Esguerra Street, 11th Jamboree Street, GMA Network Drive	Southbound goes to Kamuning Road
		Samar Avenue
		N1 (EDSA)	Traffic light intersection. Eastern terminus. Continues as N174 (East Avenue)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi