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Connaught Place:Then and Now

(left)A view of the Plaza cinema,constructed in 1940, near Middle Circle of Connaught Place.Clicked in 1977. Credits:KK Chawla (HT Media)
(right)The Plaza Cinema in Connaught Place gave way to PVR Plaza in May 2004 after 64 years of its existence.Picture : 2017

(left)A view of the post office before Connaught Place was builtCredits:KK Chawla (HT Media)
(right)The Post office found its place in A block Inner circle.Earlier it was just a single storey building.

(left)A view of the post office before Connaught Place was builtCredits:KK Chawla (HT Media)
(right)The Post office found its place in A block Inner circle.Earlier it was just a single storey building.

(left) Odeon cinema hall in Connaught Place,D block, in 1994.It was constructed in 1938 as one of the first cinema halls in Delhi. Credits: Rajiv Gupta (HT Media)
(right) Renovated Odeon. It has many restaurants in the building now. Picture: 2017

(left)Traffic intersection at Outer Circle in Connaught Place,1994, near Gopaldas building on Barakhamba Road . 
Credits: Dinesh Kumar
(right)The same traffic intersection outside Gopaldas building as seen from N block outer circle in 2017 now.

(Right) Construction on the underground Palika Bazaar in 1970 with an unrecognisable skyline. Credits :Ajit Kumar(HT Media)
(Left) in 2017,The facade around Palika Bazaar has changed with many skyscrapers, high rise buildings and landscaping of greens over it.
 
(left)Connaught Place viewed from one of the arterial roads leading into the Inner Circle in 1995. The LIC building is visible at the distance.Credits: HC Tiwari (HT Media)
(right)A view of Connaught Place with the national flag of India flying high on a mast in Central Park visible from a distance,in 2017. The LIC building in the distance is the same.

(left) Barren Trees in Central Park,Connaught Place in 1972.The outer circle is visible at a distance. Credits: Babu Ram (HT Media)
(right) The Central Park was constructed again in 2005 with many more trees and green cover.This picture:2017


Connaught Place:Then and Now
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This was an assignment done for the website for Hindustan Times. Some pictures from the past were taken and I tried recreating those images from Read More

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