, ▁was ▁an ▁easy ▁target ▁for ▁bomb ing ▁by ▁naval ▁guns ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁attack – a ▁real ▁possibility ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁Military ▁advis ers , ▁however , ▁did ▁not ▁anticip ate ▁aer ial ▁bomb ard ment . ▁ ▁Que zon ▁supported ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁city ▁at ▁least ▁ ▁away ▁from ▁Man ila ▁Bay ▁( be yond ▁the ▁reach ▁of ▁naval ▁guns ). ▁He ▁contact ed ▁William ▁E . ▁Par s ons , ▁American ▁architect ▁and ▁pl anner , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁consult ing ▁architect ▁for ▁the ▁islands ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁colonial ▁period . ▁Par s ons ▁came ▁over ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁and ▁helped ▁select ▁the ▁D il iman ▁( Tu ason ) ▁estate ▁as ▁the ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁city . ▁Unfortunately , ▁he ▁died ▁later ▁that ▁year , ▁leaving ▁his ▁partner ▁Harry ▁F rost ▁to ▁take ▁over . ▁F rost ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Juan ▁Are ll ano , ▁engineer ▁A . D . ▁Williams , ▁and ▁landscape ▁architect ▁and ▁pl anner ▁Louis ▁Cro ft ▁to ▁craft ▁a ▁grand ▁master ▁plan ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁capital . ▁ ▁The ▁plan ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁authorities ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁The ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁city ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁ ▁central ▁green , ▁about ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Central ▁Park , ▁and ▁defined ▁by ▁North , ▁South ▁( Tim og ), ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁Aven ues . ▁On