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Banani DCC-Unique Complex Rising in Dhaka

I have not updated this thread for a few years now, but will be posting a few pics from the previous two years.

Same street; fiirst pic is from bdnews24; second pic is by Ahnaf Saber:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4545/...ea7d944c_b.jpgkni by Tanvir Mahtab, on Flickr
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Photo credit: Jason Kazi:

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Bridges over Hatirjheel (photographer unknown to me):

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4532/...5e8ce0f9_b.jpgDhaka_original_13483 by Tanvir Mahtab, on Flickr
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View across Gulshan Lake towards Baridhara. First picture from Expedia.

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/315/32...43d81ea8_b.jpgBUNKA RESTAURANT: THE ORIENTAL CUISINE by Six Seasons Hotel Dhaka Bangladesh, on Flickr[/QUOTE]

View looking from Mohakhali towards Gulshan (photos by Ahnaf Saber):

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Dhaka 21st March by ASaber91, on Flickr[/QUOTE]

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Views around Motijheel:

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Dhaka 14th March by ASaber91, on Flickr

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Bangladesh Bank by ASaber91, on Flickr

What is that amazing Lord of the Ringsish building?

Hi, the building is just the house of a very rich guy, built in the shape of a boat :) Commonly referred to as the "Jahaj Bari" or "Ship House". That the house is intended to look like a ship or boat is more easily appreciated from the side, as below:

https://previews.agefotostock.com/pr...o-mw018128.jpg

A hotel pool in Banani.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4228/3...da4d8857_b.jpgSunsets and rooftop swims in #Dhaka... what's your favorite hotel with a view?? by social nomads, on Flickr

Views down Gulshan Ave and Kemal Ataturk Ave, two important thoroughfares:

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Banani area at night. Pic originally posted by Jason Kazi.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4581/...3573498d_b.jpgdhaka by Tanvir Mahtab, on Flickr

Another nice night shot:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7424/2...7cc56955_b.jpg

Ahsan Manzil Museum is really great architecture

Thank you. Ahsan Manzil is a nice colonial era mansion, and was home to the most important family in Dhaka at the time. Another picture of this complex:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Bangladesh.jpg

When I myself was a child living in the older part of Dhaka, there were many colonial era mansions. I lived in one of them, that my great grandfather built. Unfortunately almost all of them have either been torn down (including the house I lived in), or survive in advanced states of neglect. Ahsan Manzil is the rare exception.

Here is a picture of my family house, taken not long before it was torn down, about ten years ago:

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A view of Nagar Bhaban. When this was built early 1990s it was the City Hall for the whole city. Now (as of a few years ago) Dhaka has been split into two municipalities, so this serves as the city hall for the southern half of town. The building is a nice work of post-modernism. The photo is by sajjadnayan.

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