BUSINESS
Glory days to graveyard: The story of north Delhi's Coronation Park
The location of the historic Delhi Durbars is fast becoming a lost relic of the Raj. Nonetheless, it can bloom into a salubrious (and historical) community space if a few things are done right.
INDIA
The Central Vista will be traditional, modern, and sustainable: Bimal Patel
Central Vista Project architect Bimal Patel says that projects with a historical context require meticulous research. So he tried to get inside Edwin Lutyens’s mind by studying books on history.
BUSINESS
India@75: Refugees shaped Delhi’s high street retail
Some of Delhi’s upscale areas were born soon after Independence as neighbourhoods sprung up to rehabilitate refugees. Namrata Kohli interviews entrepreneurs who started up soon after independence.
INDIA
India@75: 'Refugee' colonies ensured shelter for all migrants in Delhi
These 'refugee' colonies, U-shaped with a park in the middle, became the template for subsequent neighbourhoods, partly because they were built by the same urban planners who shaped Delhi through the 50s and 60s.
BUSINESS
Gentrifying factory belts: Everything you wanted to know about Delhi’s luxury housing projects on mill lands
Several industrial areas and mill lands in the Capital have given way to premium residential projects. Developers say affordable housing can come up and reduce migration to NCR towns, provided conversion charges are reduced and infrastructure is improved
