South Avenue
South Avenue is a short extension of Ayala Avenue north of Metropolitan Avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It forms the border between the Manila South Cemetery to the east and Barangay Santa Cruz to the west, running several hundred meters in a southwest-northeast direction from its southern terminus in Barangay San Antonio until Barangay Olympia at the intersection with Hippodromo Street fronting Circuit Makati, formerly the Santa Ana Race Track. The origin of the name of the avenue is unclear, but it may be derived from the cemetery through which it passes. South Avenue is also the location of the Ecoville Townhouses and F. Benitez Elementary School. Its segment from J.P. Rizal Avenue to Hippodromo is formerly called as Taliba Street. Since 2017, it is currently a one-way street in the northbound direction in an effort to decongest traffic in and out of Makati CBD.
