Delhi,
India:Delhi,
India:
The Old and The New
| "Old Delhi, as they now call Shah Jahan's city, although destroyed by its masses of inhabitants and its poverty, contains beautiful buildings sadly maltreated by negligence and time. Its streets and alleyways, teeming with everyday life, are what the great cities of the Orient must have been like in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. . ." ~ Octavio Paz | "New Delhi. . .was not built slowly over the centuries, reflecting the inspirations of successive generations. Like Washington, it was planned and constructed in a few years by a single architect: Sir Edwin Lutyens. Despite the eclecticism of the style - a picturesque fusion of classical European and Indian architectures - the result is not only attractive but often sensational." ~ Octavio Paz |
Left: Street Scene of Chandni Chowk
Right: Raj Path of Central Vista Park, New Delhi
Created by: Siri Eggebraten
Spring 1998
Semester Project for Geography of Development
Prof. David Lanegran
email: seggebraten@macalester.edu
