Church Street, Bengaluru

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Church Street is a busy street in the Central Business District of Bengaluru, India. It is a 750-metre stretch from Brigade Road to St. Mark's Road, running parallel to M G Road. The street is named for St. Mark's Cathedral to which it leads. A tourist hotspot, Church Street is a major shopping and nightlife area. It is also a popular New Year's Eve celebration centre. In 2017, redevelopment work began on Church Street at a cost of ₹9 crore, which made it the first street in the city to be paved from granite cobblestones. The cobblestones were laid in a Kasuti pattern to reflect Karnataka's cultural heritage. In 2020, Church Street ran a pilot project called Clean Air Street during which the street was converted into a pedestrian zone with a complete ban on automobile traffic. The pedestrian zone was a trial conducted with many interested stakeholders and academic research organisations as a 'test-bed' for sustainable urban redesign and community wellness. The experiment included open...

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