It is entirely a reclaimed land occupied by Manila's South Harbor and Baseco Compound (Engineer's Island).

Post-war developments at the Manila South Harbor eventually paved the way for the migration of natives from the different provinces, making it one of the largest ghettos in the Philippines.

[8] Subsequently, in 1949, revisions to the Manila city charter resulted in the formal and explicit inclusion of Port Area as part of the newly established 4th district.

In the late 1970s, the urban poor were resettled to Baseco Compound, originally a dockyard of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation (NASSCO) that was acquired by the Romualdez family in 1966, to make space for a potential international seaport.

Following the 1986 People Power Revolution, the property was sequestered, leading to further resettlement and its proclamation as a residential site in 2002.