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| Sabarmati Riverfront is a waterfront being developed along the banks of Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India. Proposed in the 1960s, the construction began in 2005 | | Sabarmati Riverfront is a waterfront being developed along the banks of Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India. Proposed in the 1960s, the construction began in 2005 |
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| === Cityscape ===
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| [[File:Mosque of Sidi Sayed Jaali.JPG|thumb|left|[[Sidi Saiyyed Mosque]]]]
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| [[File:Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, Ahmedabad]]
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| [[File:Birds eye view Ahmedabad old city.jpg|thumb|Birds eye view Ahmedabad old city]]
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| Early in Ahmedabad's history, under [[Ahmed Shah of Gujarat|Ahmed Shah]], builders fused Hindu craftsmanship with [[Persian architecture]], giving rise to the [[Indo-Saracenic]] style.<ref name="KishoreSharma"/> Many mosques in the city were built in this fashion.<ref name="KishoreSharma">{{cite book|author=B.R. Kishore|author2=Shiv Sharma|title=India – A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COHI7LlpkSAC&pg=PA491|access-date=4 April 2012|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-284-0067-4|page=491|year=2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602032457/http://books.google.com/books?id=COHI7LlpkSAC&pg=PA491|archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> [[Sidi Saiyyed Mosque]] was built in the last year of the Sultanate of Gujarat. It is entirely arched and has ten stone latticework windows or [[jali]] on the side and rear arches. Private mansions or [[haveli]] from this era have carvings.<ref name="Others"/> A [[Pol (housing)|Pol]] is a typical housing cluster of [[Old Ahmedabad]].
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| After independence, modern buildings appeared in Ahmedabad. Architects given commissions in the city included [[Louis Kahn]], who designed the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM-A]]; [[Le Corbusier]], who designed the [[Villa Shodhan|Shodhan]] and [[Villa Sarabhai|Sarabhai Villa]]s, the [[Sanskar Kendra]] and the [[Mill Owners' Association Building]], and [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], who designed the administrative building of [[Calico Mills]] and the [[Calico Dome]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Yatin|last=Pandya|title=Calico dome: Crumbling crown of architecture|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_calico-dome-crumbling-crown-of-architecture_1311809|work=Daily News and Analysis|location=India|access-date=24 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503202255/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_calico-dome-crumbling-crown-of-architecture_1311809|archive-date=3 May 2010|date=15 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Parth|last=Shastri|title=Calico Dome: The icon of its time|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/ahmedabad/30285765_1_geodesic-dome-design-calico-dome|access-date=24 February 2012|date=16 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501232903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/ahmedabad/30285765_1_geodesic-dome-design-calico-dome|archive-date=1 May 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[B. V. Doshi]] came to the city from Paris to supervise Le Corbusier's works and later set up the [[CEPT University|School of Architecture]] (now CEPT). His local works include Sangath, [[Amdavad ni Gufa]], [[Tagore Memorial Hall]] and the School of Architecture. [[Charles Correa]], who became a partner of Doshi's, designed the [[Sabarmati Ashram|Gandhi Ashram]] and [[Achyut Kanvinde]], and the [[Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association]] complex.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-168251|title=Tagore hall|journal=Arts Asiatiques|year=1967|volume=60|last1=Doshi|first1=Balkrishna V.|last2=Tsuboi|first2=Yoshikatsu|last3=Raj|first3=Mahendra}}</ref><ref name="GansCorbusier2006">{{cite book|first1=Deborah|last1=Gans|first2=Le|last2=Corbusier|title=The Le Corbusier guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsUvawMUeGsC&pg=PA211|access-date=4 April 2012|year=2006|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-1-56898-539-8|pages=211–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602030907/http://books.google.com/books?id=qsUvawMUeGsC&pg=PA211|archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="GargianiRosellini2011">{{cite book|author-link1=Roberto Gargiani|first1=Roberto|last1=Gargiani|first2=Anna|last2=Rosellini|title=Le Corbusier: Beton Brut and Ineffable Space (1940–1965): Surface Materials and Psychophysiology of Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqwHOVYYVl0C&pg=PA417|access-date=4 April 2012|date=25 November 2011|publisher=[[EPFL Press]]|isbn=978-0-415-68171-1|pages=417–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602030736/http://books.google.com/books?id=bqwHOVYYVl0C&pg=PA417|archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> [[Christopher Charles Benninger]]'s first work, the Alliance Française, is located in the Ellis Bridge area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Charles Benninger Architects |url=http://www.ccba.in/alliance_writeup.htm |access-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404204446/http://www.ccba.in/alliance_writeup.htm |archive-date=4 April 2012 }}</ref> [[Anant Raje]] designed major additions to [[Louis Kahn]]'s [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad|IIM-A]] campus, namely the Ravi Mathai Auditorium and KLMD.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-01/surat/28153636_1_architecture-works-institution |title=He was a teacher and an institution |date=1 July 2009 |access-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811030453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-01/surat/28153636_1_architecture-works-institution |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[File:Riverfront Ahmedabad.jpg|[[Sabarmati Riverfront]]|thumb|left]]
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| Some of the most visited gardens in the city include [[Law Garden]], Victoria Garden and Bal Vatika. Law Garden was named after the College of Law situated close to it. Victoria Garden is located at the southern edge of the Bhadra Fort and contains a statue of [[Queen Victoria]]. Bal Vatika is a children's park situated on the grounds of [[Kankaria Lake]] and also houses an amusement park. Other gardens in the city include Parimal Garden, Usmanpura Garden, Prahlad Nagar Garden and Lal Darwaja Garden.<ref name="Law_garden">{{cite web|title=Law Garden Night Market|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/gujarat/ahmedabad-amdavad/shopping/other/law-garden-night|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|access-date=24 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126145749/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/gujarat/ahmedabad-amdavad/shopping/other/law-garden-night|archive-date=26 November 2011}}</ref>
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| Ahmedabad's Kamla Nehru Zoological Park houses a number of endangered species including flamingoes, [[caracal]]s, [[Dhole|Asiatic wolves]] and [[chinkara]].<ref name="cza">{{cite web|url=http://www.cza.nic.in/species.html |title=Endangered species Identified for breeding and their species coordinator |publisher=Central Zoo Authority India |access-date=25 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930232403/http://www.cza.nic.in/species.html |archive-date=30 September 2008 }}</ref>
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| [[File:Kankaria Lake, Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|[[Kankaria Lake]], Ahmedabad|200x200px]]
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| The [[Kankaria]] Lake, built in 1451 AD, is one of the biggest lakes in Ahmedabad.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gujarat-Daman-Diu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&q=Kankaria+1451&pg=PA31|access-date=1 June 2012|isbn=9788125013839|year=1998|last=Ward|first=Philip|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502120726/https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&q=Kankaria+1451&pg=PA31|url-status=live}}</ref> In earlier days, it was known by the name ''Qutub Hoj'' or ''Hauj-e-Kutub''.<ref name="kndfg">{{cite news|title=Reminiscing the Kankaria Lake of yore|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_reminiscing-the-kankaria-lake-of-yore_1670566|author=Pandya, Yatin|newspaper=DNA India|access-date=1 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414145158/http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_reminiscing-the-kankaria-lake-of-yore_1670566|archive-date=14 April 2012|date=2 April 2012}}</ref> Lal Bahadur Shastri lake in Bapunagar is almost 136,000 square metres. In 2010, another 34 lakes were planned in and around Ahmedabad of which five lakes will be developed by AMC; the other 29 will be developed by the [[Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority]] (AUDA).<ref>{{cite news|first=Ruturaj |last=Jadav |title=City of lakes-With 34 new lakes under development, Ahmedabad is set to pose a challenge to Udaipur |url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=2&contentid=2010041420100414024003550f8f5a989 |access-date=6 October 2012 |newspaper=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]] |date=14 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508223054/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=2&contentid=2010041420100414024003550f8f5a989 |archive-date=8 May 2013 }}</ref> [[Vastrapur lake]] is a small artificial lake located in the western part of Ahmedabad. Beautified by local authorities in 2002, it is surrounded by greenery and paved walkways and has become a popular leisure spot for the citizens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vastapur lake travel guide |url=https://www.trodly.com/india/destination-4541/vastrapur-lake |website=Trodly |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509080905/https://www.trodly.com/india/destination-4541/vastrapur-lake |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Chandola Lake]] covers an area of 1200 hectares. It is home for [[cormorants]], [[painted stork]]s and [[spoonbill]]s.<ref>It's a Jungle Out tHere [sic]. ''The Indian Express'', 18 August 2013</ref> During the evening time, many people visit this place and take a leisurely stroll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahmedabad.org.uk/lakes/chandola-lake.html|title=Chandola Lake|work=ahmedabad.org.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205110638/http://www.ahmedabad.org.uk/lakes/chandola-lake.html|archive-date=5 December 2012}}</ref> There is a recently developed [[Naroda]] lake<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-get-ready-to-pay-entry-fee-at-naroda-lake-1394714|title=Get ready to pay entry fee at Naroda Lake|work=dna|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526114929/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-get-ready-to-pay-entry-fee-at-naroda-lake-1394714|archive-date=26 May 2015|date=11 June 2010}}</ref> and the world's largest collection of antique cars in KathWada at IB farm (Dastan Farm).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vccci.com/vintage-car-museum|title=VCCCI|work=vccci.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526111342/http://www.vccci.com/vintage-car-museum|archive-date=26 May 2015}}</ref> AMC has also developed the [[Sabarmati Riverfront]].<ref name="Mahadevia">{{cite book|first=Darshin|last=Mahadevia|title=Inside the transforming urban Asia : processes, policies and public actions|year=2008|publisher=Concept|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-8069-574-2|page=650|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdKvxlYzTFkC&q=Sabarmati+riverfront|edition=1. publ.|access-date=24 October 2020|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502120717/https://books.google.com/books?id=hdKvxlYzTFkC&q=Sabarmati+riverfront|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Looking at the health of traffic police staff deployed near the Pirana dump site, the [[Ahmedabad City Police]] is going to install outdoor [[Air purifier]]s at traffic points so that the deployed staff can breathe fresh air.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-ahmedabad-air-purifiers-to-be-installed-near-pirana-dumping-site-for-traffic-police-2717465|title=Ahmedabad: Air purifiers to be installed near Pirana dumping site for traffic police|date=8 February 2019|website=dna|access-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222204552/https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-ahmedabad-air-purifiers-to-be-installed-near-pirana-dumping-site-for-traffic-police-2717465|archive-date=22 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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