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Epifanio de los Santos Avenue , commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential freeway around Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is the main thoroughfare in Metro Manila passing through 6 of the capital region's 17 local government units, namely, from north to south, Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati and Pasay. The road links the North Luzon Expressway at the Balintawak Interchange in the north to the South Luzon Expressway at the Magallanes Interchange in the south, as well as the major financial districts of Makati Central Business District, Ortigas Center and Araneta Center. It is the longest and the most congested highway in the metropolis, stretching some .
EDSA may refer to:
- EDSA (company), an architecture and urban planning firm formerly known as Edward D. Stone, Jr., and Associates
- EDSA (road), highway in Metro Manila
- EDSA Revolutions, protests held at the EDSA highway:
- EDSA I or People Power Revolution of 1986
- EDSA II or EDSA Revolution of 2001 (January 2001)
- EDSA III of April–May 2001
- EDSA Shrine, erected to commemorate the 1986 revolution; site of the 2001 revolutions
- Rail stations named after the EDSA highway:
- EDSA railway station of Philippine National Railways
- EDSA LRT Station of the Metro Manila LRT
- All stations of the EDSA MRT traverse EDSA
EDSA, Inc. (previously known as Edward Durell Stone, Jr., and Associates) is a planning, landscape architecture, and urban design firm founded in 1960. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with offices in Orlando, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; and Shanghai, China. EDSA Orient Beijing is a joint venture company.
There are 120 employees who represent EDSA and come from a varied range of cultural and ethnic distinctiveness with origins from more than 25 different countries. In addition, their portfolio spans a global range of more than 500 projects in over 100 countries. The firm has been referred to as one of the leading landscape architecture companies in the world.
EDSA also considers itself a steward of the land, according to the website, and places sustainability at the forefront of its planning and design efforts. Other services that EDSA offers include: Site selection, site analysis, visioning workshops, land use program/feasibility studies, public participation/consensus building, site design, concept/theming, design development, hardscape/water feature design, planting design, and construction period services.