Kolkata cityscapes - Page 6

Ex-Ithacan · #**101** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 9:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by suncity

No superpower. First aim should be to ensure that every one gets enough food, clothes and has a proper house.

Nobel causes sc, but unfortunately that doesn't always work out. Look at the US, too many homeless, hungry and ill-clothed folks about the streets.

suncity · #**102** Posted **Apr 14, 2007, 4:54 AM**

Swabhumi Heritage Park
photo copyright Lucy Pritchard

suncity · #**103** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 4:48 PM**

Homeland - Kolkata's first one stop home solutions store is spread over 100,000 sq ft spread over six floors. It is in Bhowanipore.

Pantaloons - India's largest Pantaloon store opened its doors in Kankurgacchi recently

suncity · #**104** Posted **May 4, 2007, 2:54 PM**

Here is South City. Looks like the project is going on at a decent pace.

photos cc rights suncity

The Mall really has a big frontage on the main road. I couldn't capture it that well from the car.

suncity · #**105** Posted **May 11, 2007, 4:12 AM**

The 28 storey Bel Air in Alipore u/c

photo cc rights suncity

suncity · #**106** Posted **May 31, 2007, 2:39 AM**

Birla Building - the Kolkata of various Birla Groups
photo cc rights suncity

suncity · #**107** Posted **May 31, 2007, 2:43 AM**

photos cc rights suncity

22 Camac Street - a popular mall

CitiMart (Pam Shopping), Gariahat

Great Eastern Technocity - an electronics retail store, Sarat Bose Road

mczamalek · #**108** Posted **May 31, 2007, 4:30 AM**

Thanks for all these, suncity- Kolkata is a wonderful chaos

suncity · #**109** Posted **Jun 2, 2007, 3:34 AM**

Ballygunge

photo copyright Ananya Dasgupta

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suncity · #**110** Posted **Jun 2, 2007, 2:20 PM**

Rabindra Sarobar
photos copyright Anannya Dasgupta

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suncity · #**111** Posted **Jun 5, 2007, 1:22 AM**

Moulin Rouge, Park Street
photo copyright Keka

Sourav's, off Park Street
photo copyright lucypritchard

Peter Cat, off Park Street
photo copyright Indranil Dasgupta

Magnolia. Park Street
photo copyright Indranil Dasgupta

suncity · #**112** Posted **Jun 5, 2007, 1:25 AM**

Howrah Bridge and Howrah station

photo copyright asiskchatt

Citizen's Park
photo copyright Soumya

Dakhineswar Temple
photo copyright Soumya

Chowringhee
photo copyright frisse82

AJC Bose Road flyover
photo copyright abdesign

suncity · #**113** Posted **Jun 9, 2007, 4:26 PM**

Shahid Minar and the bus terminus below... efforts to remove the bus terminus or move it underground have not materialized. Yet such a move would make the place a lot nicer and greener.

photo copyright deBop

ReNik · #**114** Posted **Jun 10, 2007, 12:07 PM**

Sun

The second of the scroll-images features "South City", I guess. How big is this project ?

suncity · #**115** Posted **Jun 10, 2007, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by ReNik

Sun

The second of the scroll-images features "South City", I guess. How big is this project ?

South City has four 35 storey towers under construction (I think they have all topped out). A close to 1 million sq ft mall is also under construction. Plus there is the school and club house stuff. There is also a proposal for a 15 storey luxury tower. A flyover from the complex to Prince Anwar Shah Road connector (to EM bypass) has been proposed by the developer.

Ex-Ithacan · #**116** Posted **Jun 10, 2007, 6:40 PM**

Love this pic, thanks for including it.

suncity · #**117** Posted **Jul 22, 2007, 6:23 AM**

Some Kolkata aerials

Salt Lake sectors I and III plus Salt Lake Stadium aerial
photo copyright Ravi

Ranji Stadium (Eden Gardens) + Raj Bhavan (Governor House) aerial
photo copyright anirban

The Howrah Bridge aerial
photo copyright Ravi

The Second Hooghly Bridge aerial
photo copyright preethi2590

Northern suburbs along the Airport Highway - Nazrul Avenue
photo copyright ravi

New Town under construction, the 35 sq km township is expected to have a population of one million when completed (which will be a long time from now I guess).
photo copyright ravi

suncity · #**118** Posted **Jul 25, 2007, 4:34 PM**

Newly opened Nivedita Bridge

photos copyright my

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photo copyright Soumyajit

Ex-Ithacan · #**119** Posted **Jul 26, 2007, 1:10 PM**

And so the growth continues. The new town will have 1 million in a 35 sq km area? Wow, that's some density.

suncity · #**120** Posted **Aug 9, 2007, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ex-Ithacan

And so the growth continues. The new town will have 1 million in a 35 sq km area? Wow, that's some density.

This is what the government proposed initially:

Rajarhat New Town : Total area: 38.55 sq / km, Flats [apartments] to be constructed: 3 lakh (approx) [3 lakh = 300,000], Water treatment plants to be built: 1, Road network to be built: 700 km

Estimated population 750,000 residents and 250,000 floating population.

So the projected density is pretty high. Not a very happy situation.

The biggest project currently under development is Sukhobrishti complex which will have 20,000 apartments and a projected population of 100,000. The project will be over 150 acres.