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juhu? that looks more like girgaum chowpatty
yup...its chowpatty.....sorry guys......

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Amazing pictures them

Yup. He is friend that i came to know few years ago through my blog. I posted few of his other pics here sometime back.

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^^Neat pic. Do we now know what that u/c building is?

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^^Neat pic. Do we now know what that u/c building is?

Not yet.

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^^What areas that? Goregaon?

^^What areas that? Goregaon?

Thakur Village area. The twin towers on the left are Gokul Concorde.

Almost every photo has a construction crane in it :) Mumbai's changing rapidly.

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^^Wow, that’s a nice boulevard with some well maintained historical buildings…

thats marine drive/girgaum chowpatty. the one above is horniman circle

Those aboves pics almost look like Paris ;)

Good finds IU.

Very nice indeed!

Looks like London.

I just wished that most of Mumbai's historic buildings were mainted like this.

There is a buildng u/c in the far right of the pic which has been like that for a longtime!

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absolutely stunning!!! Love it..

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Hi.It looks really nice.Could you tell me which is the buliding from where you took it?.Shukriya:hi:

the intercontinental, marine drive. pool-side

^^If we get a few more 45 - 70 floor towers near the Imperial the skyline from Marine drive will look awesome.

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mumbai is turning into a Lisbon. thats awesome. love the spanish-portuguese architecture.

^^If we get a few more 45 - 70 floor towers near the Imperial the skyline from Marine drive will look awesome.

Yeah I agree on that. That's what Mumbai needs.

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^^Excellent pic!

Worli-Parel sklyline on May 19. The Elphinstone Mills tower/Indiabulls Finance Center (2nd from left with a crane) has started to make a mark on the skyline. The Imperial twins and Antilia are also visible in the back.

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Amazing picture.

Those aboves pics almost look like Paris ;)

Good finds IU.

You can't compare Bombay to Paris in terms of historical architecture. There's very few cities that can compare to Paris. More Indian cities need to start preserving their historical architecture. Bombay is doing it better than most, but then its in the old Indian cities that most historical gems lie ;)

hopefully, all of South Bombay's buildings can be restored to that degree. The cleanliness of South Bombay really surprised me. Hopefully they can maintain the good work.

^^I was just saying how good it looks.

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That tall building on the left that we have not identified has already topped out. Cool pic.

That tall building on the left that we have not identified has already topped out. Cool pic.

You identified the building as Vision Crest earlier

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^^Oh! Is that Vision Crest. Wow it looks alot taller from that angle.

Which part of Bombay is this? I don't think its bombay. Bombay doesn't have any such long white-sand beach...

this is bombay as the u shaped darking building u see in the bottom rightish part is (if im not mistaken) the meridien in juhu?

This has to be Bombay, see the TV tower and the Sheth Beaumonde in Prabhadevi?

this is bombay as the u shaped darking building u see in the bottom rightish part is (if im not mistaken) the meridien in juhu?

I think it's mariott

Inus, we're not talking bout the one posted on this page. They mean this one. And it is Juhu as IU already said.


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^^ that U shaped building is hotel J W Mariott.

this is bombay as the u shaped darking building u see in the bottom rightish part is (if im not mistaken) the meridien in juhu?

I'm pretty sure there isn't a Meridien hotel in Juhu. There is, however, a 'Le Royal Meridien' thats close to the international airport in Andheri and right next to the 'Grand Maratha Sheraton' as well as the 'Hyatt Regency.'

To remove the confusion, I took a snap shot from Google Earth. There are two U-Shaped Hotels. One is marked as JW Marriott.

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This was how Taj Mahal Hotel was supposed to be built. But alas, it got built in the opposite direction.

or so the legend says. no one really can say with any conviction

the one at the bottom is the marriott. the one at the top is the old juhu centaur (currently closed)

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Wonderful buildings of South Mumbai.

where in Europe is this? Oh wait, its Bombay! :)

Yeah if it wasn't for that STD/PCO booth and that haphazardly placed Fired Hydrant, many would have mistaken it for something like Frankenmuth.

BKC from the Mahim nature park
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Wonderful pictures.

had been to the Mahim Nature Park around 8 years back. I guess the view has changed a lot. Don't have very vivid memories of it. But all I remember was the smell around it and the Dharavi.

^^Nice pics IU. We'll have a great skyline in a few years time.

^^Nice pics IU. We'll have a great skyline in a few years time.

Nice pics there!
We'll definitely have a great "residential" skyline in a few years time!

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^^ wow...The mid-right portion have some handsome highrises ... gr8 pic Sun:cheers:

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^^Man I'm proud of those Imperials.

^^Man I'm proud of those Imperials.

it's everything else in the picture that I'm not proud of :nuts: :ohno:

it's everything else in the picture that I'm not proud of :nuts: :ohno:


Those yellow-black cabs are an eye-sore...when will they go away...

yeah exactally i hope our major cities can get amajor makeover but hey then again its india and i love it how it is .

^^ liar

mumbai is a cool place to come and hangout for a few years.

as much as i love india, im DYING to see the day when atleast ONE of its cities is world class (I don't know if Chandigarh is considered a world class city).

Mumbai may have all the gorgeous sky scrapers, but it does not have the infrastructure. Delhi has the infrastructure, but no skyscrapers. We need a combination of both.

Would Gurgaon be considered world cass? Its pretty clean, not many homeless people, glass claded buildings.

^ Infrastructure is woefully inadequate. The Haryana govt/HUDA hasn't done much to rectify it either.

Would Gurgaon be considered world cass? Its pretty clean, not many homeless people, glass claded buildings.

yes. it's beautiful. any northern city is beautiful. i found srinagar to be world class along with Tripura, and Gangtok.

i dont think any city in india is upto international standards in my opinion.

i dont think any city in india is upto international standards in my opinion.
yes.. it's amazing. I have looked at pics at other thread and it's amazing. forget world class, Indian cities can't even seem to to stand up to newbies such as Jakarta, Ho chi minh city when it comes to international quality skyscrapers. this is slowly changing however with the likes of brigade northstar and lanco.

^^you are demented.

whats with people measuring a city's wealth with its skyscrapers? people only build them when land is scarce. India doesn't have such a problem because it's a huge country unlike the rest of the world.

^^When ranked by density India is 29. 1.1 billion people in
3,287,263 of land isn't too good. So you can say we don't have a problem. It would be better if we build verticaly.

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Would Gurgaon be considered world cass? Its pretty clean, not many homeless people, glass claded buildings.

I have been to gurgaon; part of my family lives there. I have also travelled on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, and been to DLF City.

The Skyscrapers are beautiful, and the expressway is also beautiful. It isn't as heavily populated, and you do not see many beggars there.

But it still does not have the proper infrastructure. Roads are virtually non-existent. Gurgaon is basically like a village, with skyscrapers instead of small huts. There are no proper roads, inadequate power supply, waste management is a huge issue, it does not have adequate water supply.

It doesn't have a bus transit system.

It's missing so many things that one would see in a world-class city..

Trust me. Gurgaon is nowhere close to being one.

Just having glitzy malls & skyscrapers doesn't make you a world-class city.

Hope they do something to fix India's "Millenium City".

I think Chandigarh is India's world-class city.

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Always have seen this building in photos but never knew what its name is. The tall one in the third gap of the sealink pillars.

Samudra Mahal

Look different from that angle. Here are somemore pics. It could do with a recoat of paint.

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^^you are demented.

whats with people measuring a city's wealth with its skyscrapers? people only build them when land is scarce. India doesn't have such a problem because it's a huge country unlike the rest of the world.
what are you? Some kind of tenured babu in CPI/CPM administration? Besides I wasn't saying Indian didn't have enough skyscrapers. I was just saying the design, styling needs to be more contemporary.

Not owning up to shortcomings and decieve everyone like that isn't going to help move the country forward.

what are you? Some kind of tenured babu in CPI/CPM administration? Besides I wasn't saying Indian didn't have enough skyscrapers. I was just saying the design, styling needs to be more contemporary.

Not owning up to shortcomings and decieve everyone like that isn't going to help move the country forward.

have you seen our new contemporary campuses whether they be built for work, education, or leisure.

they look more like spas than work environments.

hence as I said before, India in terms of buildings and construction have far surpassed the rest of the world.

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Samudra Mahal

its not samudra mahal. its the new MLA building at pochkhanawala road. dont know the name

^^
Shubhda, and the smaller one's Sukhada.
BB, any idea why they've created that crazy diversion on the Haji-Ali road? What are they piling there?

a new storm-water pumping station. part of brimstowad

also one more being built just further down the road at lovegrove. no need for road-work there though

A flyover would be beneficial here.

No need for a flyover, its a temporary thing. Once the drains are connected, they will relay the road again

Wasn't there a roundabout before at the Haji Ali Intersection? It's been a while I have been there but I think there was one.

And the roads are very wide and broad. The traffic could be managed very efficiently.

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Is that the Golf course by the Mahalakshami side?

Wasn't there a roundabout before at the Haji Ali Intersection? It's been a while I have been there but I think there was one.

it must have been a really long time since you were last here. the roundabout (which had a really nice fountain) was removed almost 15 years ago

Is that the Golf course by the Mahalakshami side?

willingdon club. across the road from the race-course (mahalaxmi side)

BombayBoy, thanks for the clarification, I thought their piling had something to do with the Haji-Ali extension of the Western freeway.

Bhargavsura, the Willingdon club is across the street from the Turf Club (Mahalaxmi Race Course). That beautiful roundabout (Brittania maintained) was demolished to ease traffic flow at the intersection.

Suncity, thanks for the Willingdon aerial. :cheers:

Great pics Sun. Their a bit old though. So imagine what those areas would look like now :cheers:

it must have been a really long time since you were last here. the roundabout (which had a really nice fountain) was removed almost 15 years ago

Wow

It's been that long.... Thanks anyways...

Those last three pics from the previous page are fantastic!

Thanks for uploading Sun.

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found it somewhere,can't remember,it's a little old though

Love the boats in #3609. Thanks for posting, ab041937.

Pratyush, that photo looks familiar to me as well. :)

Thanks ab :cheers:

Post #3608 - Whats that u/c on Malabar hill, right of the Legend?

Post #3609 - Whats that u/c on Cuffe Parade?

Post #3609 - Whats that u/c on Cuffe Parade?

Mittal Granduer. (See Mumbai projects)

Post #3608 - Whats that u/c on Malabar hill, right of the Legend?

Detective work required on this one.

^^

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i see two buildings u/c in post 3609

^^Yeah, I saw that but doesn't looklike it will get to big.

The Legend still ain't topped off yet, eh?

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^Cool pic. Was there a larger one?

The Legend still ain't topped off yet, eh?

I don't think that will ever top out. It's been like that for years.

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Huh Raheja Legend looks like its been lit up. And that Beaumonde tower looks good when lit up.

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this is amazing can you imagine this in 10 or 15 years it would look amazing, it could do with a few supertalls. :)

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Thanks Pratyushics.. here is the larger version of the pic

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Amazing!

Totally amazing!

Simply awesome:cheers:

^^you are demented.

whats with people measuring a city's wealth with its skyscrapers? people only build them when land is scarce. India doesn't have such a problem because it's a huge country unlike the rest of the world.

USA is much larger than I ndia so is China.

USA is much larger than I ndia so is China.

India's population is pretty much evenly spread throughout with exception of Ladakh. China is NOT same. Huge chunk of tibet & East Turkistan is extremely scarcely populated. The actual 1.1 billion chinese are spread in less than 1/2 of its land area in east china which makes it pretty much India more or less.

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India's population is pretty much evenly spread throughout with exception of Ladakh. China is NOT same. Huge chunk of tibet & East Turkistan is extremely scarcely populated. The actual 1.1 billion chinese are spread in less than 1/2 of its land area in east china which makes it pretty much India more or less.http://www.geonames.org/img/500pxPopulationDensity1994.jpg


Yes. Most of china's population lives in eastern china. I think west/north/central china landscape is to harsh to live in. Mainly desert and mountains.

BTW, look how densely populated Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal & Bangladesh are .

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lovely.. would be even better if they tore down those art deco crapolas and build real beautiful skyscrapers.

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Guys this skyline is nearly as good as anywhere else but the problem is that the buildings lack any external lightening falling on them so that in night the skyline depends upon the light of the rooms in the buildings.Ve:baaa:

^^Half the buildings there aren't complete. Most are u/c. And any that have lighting are 10-20 years old.

lovely.. would be even better if they tore down those art deco crapolas and build real beautiful skyscrapers.

well.....Mumbai has the second largest number of art deco buildings after Miami with a promenade, so tearing them down wont be a good idea and plus many of them are getting a makeover one by one.

I love the art deco buildings! We should build skyscrapers behind them lol..but never get rid of the art deco buildings! Renovation would be nice, though.

Why would you want to pull down those buildings? Their similar yet subtly distinct architecture lends character to the skyline and sets it apart from other skylines. With the Coastal Regulation Zone norms in place, the AD buildings are going no where. The first line of the MD skyline is going to remain AD'd till kingdom come.

Building skyscrapers behind the AD buildings and the railway tracks ala DB tower is the way to go. That's pretty much what's going to take place with all the chawls being redeveloped.

This guy I know from college lives in one of those AD building smack in the middle of MD. He had no idea what an art deco building was until I told him. http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4176/iconeek.gif

I hope they never get rid of them. Just some renovation and give them a fresh coat of paint every few year. I don't think it will look nice if we build tall buildings right infront of the ocean like on Marine Drive. Though Hong Kong does have both is tallest infront of shorter building but yet it still looks nice.

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^^Thanks man :cheers: The second pic with the art deco buildings is great

Art-deco buildings of Mumbai are really great :)

Nice u/c building too:
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I love what they did with the Marine Drive. I think they have done a decent job of maintaining it as well. Looks nice and clean.

Mumbai

Were you part of the ctbuh study group?

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I wonder when that crane at the top will be dispatched!:bash:

Were you part of the ctbuh study group?

Nope!

Look at this picture.

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i actully thought this was mumbai but its actully lagos nigeria.

^^lmao

they have got you good.

Nice photos!

Tearing down Marine Drive Art Deco buildings would be the worse thing anyone could do.

Its great these buildings are getting their deserved make-overs.

One thing I would like to see are more palm trees planted on the Promenade, it would look awesome and enhance the the whole road/area.

Hey guys I just watched India Business Report on BBC,i saw the reporter is standing just below the under construction monorail bridge and also got good shots of Bandra-Worli Sealink!

^I watched that last night too.

Here is the link for india business report.

http://stream.servstream.com/ViewWeb/BBCWorld/File/IBR-India_Infrastructure.asx?Media=84489

Guys, Sorry to Interrupt the discussion about buildings and constructions !!!

Personnel of Mumbai police with newly inducted motorcyles in a cavalcade on the street, in Mumbai on Monday
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Source: Centralchronicle (http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=8492)

Mumbai police with newly inducted motorcyles prepare to roll out on the street
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Photo: Ganesh Shirsekar

Read Full article: indianexpress (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mumbai-police-get-armoured-vehicles-to-tackle-terror/479791/0)

Nice but still a lot remains to be improved.
They should atleast put police lights on the bikes whic hall indian police bikes lack.

helmets needs to go and they need to get different helmets with inbuilt radio com device.
jackets and gloves wont harm either..

lmao

those piece of shit looks like parade tricycles. eheheh

indeed they look shit

Interesting photo..

Navi Mumbai and the distant Mumbai skyline!

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Missed your postings, sir! Amazing pictures.

:cheers:

I was in a recessionary post-cutting mode ;)

:lol:
Welcome back though.

Hey not seen you in a while LS. Welcome back :cheers:

Interesting photo..

Navi Mumbai and the distant Mumbai skyline!

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Cool find. The Imperial look complete from here. You can also see Antilla and Raheja One.

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i like the first one.

Does anyone think that the first pic can make a good banner?

^^^^
To be honest, NO. It's just silhouette and I can see nothing but black and blue and big building on the right.

fair enough

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nice pics
Heres another pic of mumbai
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6951/mumbaiamazing.jpg
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LS is back with a bang. :banana:

bombay still has about 5 yrs to go until a decent world class like banner can be made

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^^ rich......:cheers:

bombay still has about 5 yrs to go until a decent world class like banner can be made

if you are talking about the banner of mumbai skyline...then yes....bt otherwise we can anyday get a kickass banner of mumbai since there are many places in mumbai which can make a gr8 banner anyday...it's not the skyline which matters bt the overall pic

Look who's watching over our city, protecting it from evil forces. It's time now for Mumbai to have its own super hero!!

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Look who's watching over our city, protecting it from evil forces. It's time now for Mumbai to have its own super hero!!

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5431/krishmumbai2.jpg

this should be in the funny india thread.

doesn't look like superman or bat man.

who is he? he looks like a Japanese manga and a little gay.

Hrithik Roshan from Krishh

Hrithik Roshan from Krishh

omg...so it means this is a real hero. wow

how do we summon him to our rescue?

Nice but still a lot remains to be improved.
They should atleast put police lights on the bikes whic hall indian police bikes lack.

helmets needs to go and they need to get different helmets with inbuilt radio com device.
jackets and gloves wont harm either..

With due respects to your observation on the police bikes, i think pillion rider must go as well. One police per bike would be good i/o 2.

Your points about gloves & jackets - while they would look good but buddy, the heat and humidity of Mumbai is a killer and I am sure these guys would want an inbuilt aircon unit in their helmets ;)

p2p4

MUMBAI ARIAL (by my brother, excuse me for the quality)
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Look how big Planet Godrej is. It stands out from everything. Thanks Sanju

I know this was posted here before but not this size. Also its old.

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LS is back!

:cheers:

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Where is that place at?

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We should post more roads, and give the names as well. Its not all about the skyline.

eg - jvpd road, juhu

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chembur

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Some of the most spectacular views Euromast... TFS!!!

I think he photoshoped though. None the less nice pictures.

^^^^

I doubt that.

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We're moving on from an era now where mumbai's new landmarks would be the Sea link and Imperial Towers , taking over from Gate way of India , Taj Hotel and even the shanty slums of Dharavi.

We're moving on from an era now where mumbai's new landmarks would be the Sea link and Imperial Towers , taking over from Gate way of India , Taj Hotel and even the shanty slums of Dharavi.

Imperial Towers... ughhh... :ohno:

Some older panoramas

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sun, wow, where do you find all these pics?

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Sun,

To be honest, I liked the original version.

Sun,

To be honest, I liked the original version.

It is the original minus the text.

Suncity, that's a great view! :cheers:

This ToI pic. could be real good as a banner , if it can be cut to size that is.

This ToI pic. could be real good as a banner , if it can be cut to size that is.

In my opinion we should not use the BWSL pictures for any banners until it is fully completed. What are we proud of, the WIP?

Some older panoramas

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mostly ugly looking buildings

mostly ugly looking buildings

Ok. I guess you should present the designs you like to the developers.

mostly ugly looking buildings.

Agree full heartedly.. These buildings are so incredibly ugly, you wonder why they put any effort on the crappy stylistic elements like random vertical lines and strange grids and half assed curves.

Agree full heartedly.. These buildings are so incredibly ugly, you wonder why they put any effort on the crappy stylistic elements like random vertical lines and strange grids and half assed curves.

There should be a regulation on the ugliness of buildings. Thats what it has come to.

^^ All of them might not be looking ugly when they were new...consider Suraj Millennium, we have seen few nice photos of it...the only thing probably is they are maintained poorly from outside. There should be regulation for outer maintenance of buildings. Every building has window panes with all different colors, which adds more to ugliness, I think.

Suraj Millennium is not poorly maintanied. Well kinda is. Its just that the builder painted it a atrocious shade of pink.

What are those two black half finished buildings in these pics?

Been like that for sometime.

Demolish them! They add to the ugliness of the cityscape.

they are gone. those are old pics

Excellent!

Thank you!

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Ok. I guess you should present the designs you like to the developers.

Animesh definitely has a point there. Look at these towers from frankfurt. http://highendfood.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/frankfurt_skyline.jpg
Compare them to the Mumbai towers. You'll get his point. Its not just about the developed countries. Look at the building that dot the developings skylines around us such as manila, jakarta, kualalumpur and the likes.

Wow! great pics of the skyline of Frankfurt am Main. The pencil shaped building is the Messe Turm(Tradefair tower) and is 256.5 metres tall which was the tallest building in Europe till recently. The light blue coloured building in the middle is the Commerz bank building and has a height of 259 metres(with antenna). Left to the Messe Turm is the European Central Bank building(42 storeys and 149 metre tall)

My sincere thanks to bairagi for this photo:cheers:

Wow! great pics of the skyline of Frankfurt am Main. The pencil shaped building is the Messe Turm(Tradefair tower) and is 256.5 metres tall which was the tallest building in Europe till recently. The light blue coloured building in the middle is the Commerz bank building and has a height of 259 metres(with antenna). Left to the Messe Turm is the European Central Bank building(42 storeys and 149 metre tall)

My sincere thanks to bairagi for this photo:cheers:

My pleasure! :)

Animesh definitely has a point there. Look at these towers from frankfurt.

I think the new buildings that are upcoming are nice. Give Mumbai a few years. By 2013 you will see a change in the buildings and their designs. It's just a matter of time.

I think the new buildings that are upcoming are nice. Give Mumbai a few years. By 2013 you will see a change in the buildings and their designs. It's just a matter of time.

Okay, but what about already existing ugly ones?

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Nice pictures Sun.

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you can see me waving from my balcony :hi:

^Ha. Great pics Sun.

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUN!!!!!!!!!!! :applause::applause:

the bridge had opened. yippie..can't wait for more pics from the sea link bridge.

sun..great job getting the first pics from the bridge.

Suncity-Awesome photos .You r truly a legend :cheers:

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Wow! What a view!

Nice pics :cheers:

So the BWSL has started to yield some truly remarkable angles for the photographers :)
Good shots there. Thanks Sun!

Animesh definitely has a point there. Look at these towers from frankfurt. http://highendfood.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/frankfurt_skyline.jpg
Compare them to the Mumbai towers. You'll get his point. Its not just about the developed countries. Look at the building that dot the developings skylines around us such as manila, jakarta, kualalumpur and the likes.

I could only hope I see such a magnificent indian skyline in my lifetime.

I could only hope I see such a magnificent indian skyline in my lifetime.

India will certainly have many beautiful skylines in future but they will never be like this. They will be unique and unparalleled in the world, reflecting our unique culture, taste and lifestyle.

Simply Brilliant:cheers:

india's (esp bombay's) skyline will look like this soon (say 2020 for sure)...but only from far away! say from bandra worli sea link in bombay. haha...come closer n then the filth n khadda's in roads n open gutters n god knows what else will become visible.

india's (esp bombay's) skyline will look like this soon (say 2020 for sure)...but only from far away! say from bandra worli sea link in bombay. haha...come closer n then the filth n khadda's in roads n open gutters n god knows what else will become visible.

Money is not the issue here. The problem is there's no will. Neither political nor public.

Indian government and the corporate have enough money to build atleast one model skyline like that of frankfurt in any one of the upcoming urban centers. But the attitude is chalta hai/why care..

Many poorer countries in asia, africa and latin america have pretty decent skyline in their capital cities. But look at Delhi. Even the upmarket CP skyline looks so ugly.

Unitech grande in noida and lanco hill developement in hyderabad looks great in renderings. Don't know how they will turn up to be when built. Or they will ever be buit to their full glory at all.

does CP skyline looks ugly...are u sure about that boy.....humnn....need to see the city well...get well soon dude

Well, may be i need to see more.. but from whatever i've seen of it in pics and in my few visits, it did look ugly compared to other modern skylines.. n why do u think i'm sick? If being self critical means sickness to u then it is u who needs to get well soon.. being proud of your city is good.. but u need to open your eyes to negative side of it as well.. it is this kind of attitude which is preventing us from seeing the truth..

yar CP is not that bad..........infact i find it pleasant some times..........specially to know that it is the only good skyline in india which has as beautiful landscaping and world class on ground infrastructure....CP is the only world class downtown in india!

Its because Indians are not supeficial in nature. We do not care about outward appearences, only about true intrinsic qualities :lol:

yar CP is not that bad..........infact i find it pleasant some times..........specially to know that it is the only good skyline in india which has as beautiful landscaping and world class on ground infrastructure....CP is the only world class downtown in india!

:lol:

original CP skyline pic.. towers look so dirty.. like tall jatt blokes.. HaHa..

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CP with frankfurt skyline superimposed.. looks like well dressed italians..

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can you feel the difference..

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2nd july 2009
Notice the growing skyline