Chittagong - Cityscapes and Landmarks - Part 2

tanzirian · March 5th, 2009, 03:31 AM

The old Chittagong Cityscapes and Landmarks thread has reached 500 posts so I thought it as good an excuse as any to start a new one.* Will begin with some of the nicer photos in old thread.* A few of the more significant buildings to start with (1st pic - Sobuj Chowdhury, 2nd pic - photographer unknown; 3rd pic - Jashim Salem; 4th pic - B M Magid; 5th pic - Faisal Akram; 6th pic Azimal Baber; 7th pic - photographer unknown).

Also, here is the link to the first Chittagong Cityscapes and Landmarks thread

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=136288

tanzirian · March 5th, 2009, 04:08 AM

Pics one through three and five by Mirza Zeehan, fourth pic by Jun@dachi; sixth pic photographer unknown:

tanzirian · March 5th, 2009, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by Tmac (1st pic by Sobuj Chowdhury; 5th pic by Ragib Hassan; other photographers unknown):

image hosted on flickr

tanzirian · March 5th, 2009, 05:47 AM

2nd pic by Zakir2323; 3rd, 4th pics by Dhakaiya; 4th pic by Aminul H; 5th, 6th pics by Fraenzi:

image hosted on flickr

tareq79 · March 5th, 2009, 05:58 AM

Good idea on the new thread, loved these photos from part 1.

tanzirian · March 5th, 2009, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tareq79

Good idea on the new thread, loved these photos from part 1.

Thanks Tareq - credit to the photographers (including our own Mirza and Dhakaiya) and to Tmac's scavenging of course. I'll sort and add a few more later...it's incredible the amount of time it takes to go through all those old photos!

amar11372 · March 5th, 2009, 06:11 PM

This thread is starting out great.

tanzirian · March 13th, 2009, 11:09 PM

Some cityscapes from the old thread (the first shows the commercial district; in the second one can see Chittagong Tower in the upper left and Hamedia Taj (Chandanpura) Mosque at lower left; and in the third the Circuit House and stadium are visible in the distance):

image hosted on flickr

tanzirian · March 13th, 2009, 11:10 PM

Kafco Colony Mosque:

manbil777 · March 15th, 2009, 09:33 AM

[QUOTE=tanzirian;33573416]Kafco Colony Mosque:

First time I've seen anything inside KAFCO. It is a protected area I imagine. Do the other buildings also have a similar ceramic brick scheme?

***TIslam*** · March 15th, 2009, 05:36 PM

Chittagong is supposed to be hilly yet no hills in sight in any of the pictures.

tanzirian · March 15th, 2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TIslam

Chittagong is supposed to be hilly yet no hills in sight in any of the pictures.

There are low hills around...look at backgrounds of first and third pics of post 8 you can see that it is not flat. And Foy's Lake which is essentially within the city itself nowadays is bordered by low hills. Now, there were never very high hills within the city itself...highest in the area is Batali Hill which is 280 ft tall. Also, many hills have been flattened or shortened in the last few decades as the earth was used in construction.

tanzirian · March 15th, 2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manbil777

First time I've seen anything inside KAFCO. It is a protected area I imagine. Do the other buildings also have a similar ceramic brick scheme?

Here is another view (image from pblbd.com):

manbil777 · March 16th, 2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanzirian

Here is another view (image from pblbd.com)

Thanks brother

tanzirian · March 17th, 2009, 01:53 AM

Night shot of CTG (photo by shopnobazz):

image hosted on flickr

tanzirian · March 30th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Another pic of renovated Chittagong Court House...still waiting for high res ones to show up on the net...this one is from the PWD:

nayeem007 · July 2nd, 2009, 11:54 PM

Great pics.. I have never been to Chittagong city Can someone compare and contrast Chittagong in relation to Dhaka? Outside of the usual skyscraper stuff, are there many good restaurants, malls, private universities etc? Is the boom over there in the same scale as Dhaka since late 90s?

Manazir · July 3rd, 2009, 12:19 AM

malls, AFAIK, Sanmar Ocean City is the best, picture is up there. There are few good restaurants (theres Pizza Hut and a place called Best food or sumthin), the boom in Chittagong city is bit slower than Dhaka i would say, the city needs more developments especially infrastructural developments

.....the traffic jams are crazy like Dhaka.

Dhakaiya · July 3rd, 2009, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nayeem007

Great pics.. I have never been to Chittagong city Can someone compare and contrast Chittagong in relation to Dhaka? Outside of the usual skyscraper stuff, are there many good restaurants, malls, private universities etc? Is the boom over there in the same scale as Dhaka since late 90s?

Dhaka got a major facelift before the SAARC summit, now if you visit Chittagong you can clearly notice the difference between Dhaka roads and Chittagong. Dhaka is more "international", but Chittagong IMO is more beautiful thanks to its amazing natural surroundings and hilly areas.

meghnarmajhi · July 5th, 2009, 07:03 AM

tan, can you put a link to part 1 of this thread at the top?

March 5th, 2009, 03:31 AM	#1
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Chittagong - Cityscapes and Landmarks - Part 2 The old Chittagong Cityscapes and Landmarks thread has reached 500 posts so I thought it as good an excuse as any to start a new one.* Will begin with some of the nicer photos in old thread.* A few of the more significant buildings to start with (1st pic - Sobuj Chowdhury, 2nd pic - photographer unknown; 3rd pic - Jashim Salem; 4th pic - B M Magid; 5th pic - Faisal Akram; 6th pic Azimal Baber; 7th pic - photographer unknown). Also, here is the link to the first Chittagong Cityscapes and Landmarks thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=136288 Last edited by tanzirian; August 31st, 2009 at 04:58 AM.

March 5th, 2009, 04:08 AM	#2
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Pics one through three and five by Mirza Zeehan, fourth pic by Jun@dachi; sixth pic photographer unknown: Last edited by tanzirian; October 1st, 2009 at 01:40 AM.

March 5th, 2009, 05:33 AM	#3
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Originally posted by Tmac (1st pic by Sobuj Chowdhury; 5th pic by Ragib Hassan; other photographers unknown): image hosted on flickr Last edited by tanzirian; October 19th, 2009 at 12:05 AM.

March 5th, 2009, 05:47 AM	#4
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	2nd pic by Zakir2323; 3rd, 4th pics by Dhakaiya; 4th pic by Aminul H; 5th, 6th pics by Fraenzi: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Last edited by tanzirian; October 1st, 2009 at 01:57 AM.

March 13th, 2009, 11:09 PM	#8
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Some cityscapes from the old thread (the first shows the commercial district; in the second one can see Chittagong Tower in the upper left and Hamedia Taj (Chandanpura) Mosque at lower left; and in the third the Circuit House and stadium are visible in the distance): image hosted on flickr Last edited by tanzirian; October 1st, 2009 at 01:52 AM.

March 5th, 2009, 05:58 AM	#5
tareq79 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 412 Likes (Received): 0	Good idea on the new thread, loved these photos from part 1.

March 5th, 2009, 06:11 PM	#7
amar11372 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NYC \| Dhaka Posts: 4,016 Likes (Received): 2	This thread is starting out great.

March 13th, 2009, 11:10 PM	#9
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Kafco Colony Mosque:

March 15th, 2009, 09:33 AM	#10
manbil777 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Dhaka \| LA Posts: 1,876 Likes (Received): 1	[QUOTE=tanzirian;33573416]Kafco Colony Mosque: First time I've seen anything inside KAFCO. It is a protected area I imagine. Do the other buildings also have a similar ceramic brick scheme? __________________ “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” -- George Bernard Shaw

March 15th, 2009, 05:36 PM	#11
*TIslam* Towhid Islam Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 7,123 Likes (Received): 81	Chittagong is supposed to be hilly yet no hills in sight in any of the pictures.

March 17th, 2009, 01:53 AM	#15
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Night shot of CTG (photo by shopnobazz): image hosted on flickr

March 30th, 2009, 06:51 AM	#16
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Another pic of renovated Chittagong Court House...still waiting for high res ones to show up on the net...this one is from the PWD:

July 2nd, 2009, 11:54 PM	#17
nayeem007 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,483 Likes (Received): 19	Great pics.. I have never been to Chittagong city Can someone compare and contrast Chittagong in relation to Dhaka? Outside of the usual skyscraper stuff, are there many good restaurants, malls, private universities etc? Is the boom over there in the same scale as Dhaka since late 90s? Last edited by nayeem007; July 3rd, 2009 at 03:03 AM.

July 3rd, 2009, 12:19 AM	#18
Manazir Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 2,544 Likes (Received): 13	malls, AFAIK, Sanmar Ocean City is the best, picture is up there. There are few good restaurants (theres Pizza Hut and a place called Best food or sumthin), the boom in Chittagong city is bit slower than Dhaka i would say, the city needs more developments especially infrastructural developments .....the traffic jams are crazy like Dhaka. __________________ LONG LIVE BANGLADESH

July 5th, 2009, 07:03 AM	#20
meghnarmajhi Tetulia theke Teknaf Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,861 Likes (Received): 0	tan, can you put a link to part 1 of this thread at the top? __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ 25% pro-east, 25% pro-north, 25% pro-south, and 25% pro-west. My best offer. Take it or leave it. COLOURS IS MY PASSION ------------------------------------------------------------

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