- Garden Town
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Garden Town Location Lahore Population ~30,000 Union Council 126 Nazim Farid Munir Area ? Houses Built: ? Number of Plots: ? Postal Code 54700 Garden Town is a suburban locality located in Lahore, Pakistan.
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History
Garden Town was acquired in 1960 by the Lahore Development Authority, which at that time was called the Lahore Improvement Trust. Prior to that the majority of the land was being used for agriculture. Due to its close proximity to Canal Road, it was a popular place to settle among businessmen. During the 1970s urban development increased significantly, when Punjab University opened its new campus along Garden Town's northern boundary. Development continued up until the 1980s and by the 1990s most of the plots had been developed.
Location
Garden Town is located within the administrative town of Gulberg in Lahore. The borders surrounding Garden Town are:
- North - Canal Bank Road, Punjab University, New Campus
- South - Model Town
- East - Gulberg
- West - Faisal Town
Development
Garden Town is divided into 12 blocks:
- Garden Block - plot measuring 1000, 2000 and 4000 square yards (2,4 and 8 kanal)
- Ahmed Block - plots measuring 5000 square yards facing the canal (10 kanal)
- Abu Bakr Block - plots measuring 5000 square yards (10 kanal)
- Ali Block - plot measuring 175 and 250 square yards (7 and 10 marla) as well as 4000 square yard (8 kanal) plots located on Abul Hassan Isfahani Road.
- Usman Block - plots measuring 500, 1000 and 2000 square yards (1, 2 and 4 kanal)
- Abadi Devasabad - located between Usman, Ali, Garden and Ahmed Blocks is an area called Abadi Devasabad and plots neighboring this abadi have lower value
- Tipu Block - originally had plot sizes measuring 1000, 2000 and 4000 square yards (2, 4 and 8 kanal), but after subdivisions, 500 square yard (1 kanal) plots were only available
- Babar Block - originally had plot sizes measuring 1000, 2000 and 4000 square yards (2, 4 and 8 kanal), but after subdivisions, 500 square yard (1 kanal) plots were only available
- Aibak Block - plots measuring 500 to 2000 square yards (1 and 4 kanal)
- Aurangzeb Block - plots measuring 500 and 1000 square yards (1 and 2 kanal)
- Tariq Block - plots measuring 500 and 1000 square yards (1 and 2 kanal)
- Ata Turk Block - plots measuring 125 square yards (5 marla) to 1000 square yards (2 kanal)
- Sher Shah Block - plots measuring 125 square yards (5 marla) to 1000 square yards (2 kanal)
Residents
Garden Town has a population of 25,00,000 people, and is one of the well developed neighbourhoods of Lahore. The majority of its residents belong to the wealthy middle class and comprise of businessmen as well as students who attend the various colleges and universities in the area, namely Punjab University. It is also home to some celebrities, politicians and overseas Pakistanis. The community in recent years has developed a vibrant social life and a literate elite. Property value has increased significantly in the passed 5 years due to location of Garden Town and the development of Barakat Market. A typical residential home in the area can cost anywhere from U.S. $100,000 to $450,000.
Education
Many well known private schools of Lahore are located in Garden Town. These include:
- Beaconhouse Public School
- Bridges Preschool
- Cadet College Lahore
- Quran College
- The City School - Garden Town Campus
- SKANS School of Accountancy
- Unique High School
- Himayat-e-Islam Girls College
- Superior College
- Iqra Roza Tulitfal Trust
- Dar-e-Arqam School - Garder Town Campus
- Kipling
- Students Inn
- Leads College
Health Services
- Jinnah Hospital
- Hameed Latif Hospital
- Rasheed Hospital
- Zainab Memorial
2006 Redevelopment
In 2006, Barakat Market underwent massive redevelopment. Changes included increased parking space, widening of the footpath as well as reconstruction of all the roads in the market area. Shaikh Zayed Hospital.There are many shopping malls,reastaurants and cafe in this developed suburb beside huge skyscrapers like Izhar concrete building,Sallar centre shopping mall with pizza hut and meat one shop.there are also branches of Subway and KFC.there is also a large arcade of barket market where Rafi building,Tapal tea office and mughal e azam wedding hall and venue.it is linked with newly constructes kalma chowk fly over.there is also SKANS school of accountancy and unique school and academy in Tariq block which is connected with model town checkpost.There are many other accountancy accademies like Caps,Cas.there are many spas and clinics like Nari which is a neurosurgen.there are many good beauty parlours like Sindoor.Barkat market is a very busy market with hundreds of shops and hotels like hotel ever green and gardenia.[]
Transportation
Commercialization in this area has immensely increased the traffic flow, not only on the main roads but also on the small lanes and access roads which are unable to cope with the large volume. This has been primarily due to the mushroom growth of small institutes, ranging from tuition academies to schools, offices and colleges operating here. Commuting to different parts of the city is easy due to adequate public transport by:
- Daewoo City Bus
- Niazi Express
- Rickshaws/Minibuses
Politics
- Union Council 126, represented by Farid Munir
See also
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