COLONIAL DIASPORIC ARCHITECTURE AND A CITY

`Colonial Diasporic Architecture and a City

5.3 Architectural Case Studies Park Street contains mainly four mansions built by the diasporic communities. One built by a Jewish businessman and three, Armenian businessmen. Two mansions, the Queens Mansion, built by an Armenian businessman and Chowringhee Mansion, built by a Jewish businessman, that stands at a start of Park Street, were taken for the detailed casestudies. The cases studies were done using books, on-site documentation and observations, which were put forth in inventories and sheets.

Map 18: Location of important diasporic historic buildings in Park Street

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Image 17: View of Maghen David Synagogue

Figure 5: Evolution of prominent structures built by the Armenians and Jews in India

Map 20: Location of Armenian and Jewish communities in India

Map 19: Important nodes, street hierarchy and sites of buildings in Bara Bazar and Park Street

Image 16: Fire incidents at Bara Bazar and Park Street

Map 13: Location of the important diasporic historic building in Bara Bazar

Map 18: Location of important diasporic historic buildings in Park Street

Table 2: Tabular analysis of data

Table 3: Survey of major diasporic minority communities in Kolkata

Table 1: Inventory Format

Figure 4: Analytical diagram focusiing on three aspects

Map 6: Growth of Calcutta over the years

Figure 3: Timeline of prevailent styles in the world

Image 2: Churches at Armenia

Image 3: View of the Great Synagogue at Baghdad

Image 1: Esplanade Mansions

Figure 2: Flow of Research Development

Map 5: Sociological map 1910-1915

Map 3: Concentration of Armenians in Calcutta,1911, 1961

Figure 1: Conceptual Flow of Research

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