The Pasig River Ferry has a station named Plaza Mexico located northeast of the square behind the Immigration building.

Located on this square is the monument to the IV Centenary of the Mexico–Philippines Maritime Expedition donated by the Mexican Secretary of The Navy Shipyards during the 1964 celebrations of the Year of Mexican-Philippine Friendship.

On the other side of the square is a statue of Adolfo López Mateos, the President of Mexico who visited the city in 1962.

That year, the American colonial government, seeing the need to develop and expand the Pasig River docks, decided to tear down its walls and open up this side of Intramuros.

This resulted in the creation of several landmarks in the city dedicated to Mexico and the Philippines' long historical and cultural ties to the Latin American country.