<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P>the corbu style hotel next to Chanakya is by Shibnath Prasad.</P> <P>this hotel is also now used as an office building inspite of being at one time no 1 in delhi, (upto misd seventies i think) run by ITDC as Akbar hotel, interiors for the first time done by professional (unlike ashoka, Oberoi of those days) </P> <P>the Yaswant place complex, Akbar hotel , Chanakya Cinema and the plaza with eateries is modern heritage, must be passed on to next generation. Cant imagine anybody 40-50yrs not feeling nostalgic about the days spent in the courtyard beside Chanakya. </P> <P>what will be required for this biography of a building ? </P> <P>sushil<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"></P> <P> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> </P></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Master plan issues in media <mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx></I><BR>To: <I>mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [mpisgmedia] the architect of Chanakya Cinema</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:14:44 +0530</I><BR>>we can think of making a 'biography of a building' dossier on<BR>>Architexturez should somebody offer to do so -- i am not from delhi, but<BR>>visited the complex quite often when i was visiting here and stayed in<BR>>malcha marg. the corbusieran hotel next door, who is it by?<BR>><BR>>i think it will be an important document to have. public market<BR>>complexes in india are not documented in any meaningful way, for the<BR>>complexity and richness they offer your urban life. anyone interested in<BR>>doing this? gita, nalini, leads?<BR>><BR>>==============================================<BR>>Chanakya theatre is an important building of Delhi. In fact the entire<BR>>Yashwwant Place Complex. It represents a reasonably good culmination of<BR>>modern architectural ideas. This is part of our Delhi recent development.<BR>>I'm sorry that the NDMC does not know how to appreciate its own endeavours.<BR>>Any ideas what we should do.<BR>><BR>>Nalini Thakur<BR>>----- Original Message -----<BR>>From: "Gita Dewan Verma" <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx><BR>>To: <mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR>>Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:42 PM<BR>>Subject: [mpisgmedia] the architect of Chanakya Cinema<BR>><BR>><BR>> > ToI has a report today on page-7 titled *Chanakya era<BR>> > ends, here front-benchers were nerds*. starts with<BR>> > telling about premiere of Mera-Naam-Joker and how Raj<BR>> > Kapoor nearly lamented his decision to premiere the<BR>> > film closest to his heart when he arrived at the<BR>> > *cemented Titanic waiting for take off in the middle<BR>> > of nowhere* and was relieved to find the 1000-seater<BR>> > house-ful.<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>mpisgmedia mailing list<BR>>mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>>http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/mpisgmedia<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>