I'm sure most Manilenyos know this street which is within the vicinities of Quiapo. You may also have heard this mentioned in the news especially during the Feast of the Black Nazarene, as the said street is a usual route of the procession commonly called 'Traslacion'. Stretching to a distance of 0.13km, Pascual Casal is part of the N180 Highway or National Route 180 which is a secondary national route designated by DPWH.
But have you ever wondered who is this street's namesake?
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There are hardly no accounts of who Pascual Casal is but a Google search leads to articles on court decisions, pointing to a certain Dolores Pascual Casal y Ochoa, who was described as a native of Madrid, Spain and the owner of a vast parcel of land called the Hacienda Maricaban / Naricaban. A portion of the said hacienda was later then sold to the US Government in 1902 and was converted into a military camp called Fort William McKinley (now Fort Bonifacio), which is now famously disputed by both the cities of Taguig and Makati as part of their jurisdictions.
Then there's a certain Antonio Pascual Casal who was also mentioned in another case ruling, this time in an ownership dispute on parcels of land in Cauayan, Isabela, during the early 1900s.
It is not yet certain if it's Dolores Pascual Casal y Ochoa or Antonio Pascual Casual who is the namesake of the street (or are they even related to each other?) but I will update this post after I confirm this info. Hopefully, we'll learn more about this and why was the street named after her (or him?).
Sources:
https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1990/apr1990/gr_81564_1990.html
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