PUBLIC PLACE IN BANGLORE

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URBAN DESIGN AND

CONSERVATION

CASE STUDY AREA:

RUSSELL MARKET, BANGLORE

MALLESWARAM: 8 CROSS ANDSAMPIGE ROAD, BANGLORE


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RUSSELL MARKET, BANGLORE

Russell Market is a famous shopping market in Shivajinagar, Bangalore. It was started in 1927 by the

British, and was inaugurated in 1933. It is named of the then Municipal commissioner T. B. Russell. One

of the oldest structured markets in the city, Russell Market, was inaugurated by Haji Sir Ismail Sait in 1927.

The structure is built in the Indo-Sarcenic style using imported steel girders, and brick-lime mortar.

Outside the Russell Market, there is space where the Informal economy and the City hold their auctions

for agricultural produce and for urban space. Here is where vendors and buyers negotiate a price for a

daily commodity such as tomatoes and where vendors and municipal authorities negotiate a price for yet

another daily commoditythe urban spaces of the city.

In the Google Earth map of Shivajinagar, the site of the tomato market on Noronha road is highlighted in

orange, its edges undefined. One can also see the centrality of the Russell market in the urban fabric of

Bangalore. There is the St.Marys Basilica at the south end and the Market square at the north end.


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The Noronha road, the St.Marys Basilica, the Russell market and the rest of the city all come together a

piecing together of urban components that people live in, pray in and do their buying and selling in.

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View inside and outside the Russell Market, Shops are arranged in a linear manner.


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Malleswaram Sampige road and 8 cross road

(Bengaluru)

The Malleshwaram market, which I usually find charming, was all the more charming and it is oneof the oldest market in Bangalore. Shops and roads were brilliantly lit, and people were all over

the place, making their last minute purchases. There was everything on offerat its freshest best

vegetables (specially the hordes of pumpkins, which are sold in thousands, I think, in Karnataka,

just before the pooja), coconuts, haldi and kumkum, cotton wicks and earthern diyas, pooja

vessels, loads and loads of many-hued flowers, fruits, bangles and earrings, camphor, small

banana trees, tulsi plants, clothes, hair accessories, mehendi-wallahs, varieties of on-the-go

snacks and drinks, and the loveliest of dolls to adorngolusacross the city. And this is just a sample

of all the goodies that were for sale, mind you. This is the place where one can found formal

showrooms, malls and informal flower shops and other goodies shops together. This is the

perfect place for shopaholics and for one who wants to buy relatively cheaper goods in Banglore.
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