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Metropolitan Building is the number 46.26 building on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata near Esplanade. Formerly known as the Whiteway Laidlaw department store, it was a famous department store in Calcutta during the British Rule in India. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj in British India.

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rdfs:label	Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) (en)
rdfs:comment	Metropolitan Building is the number 46.26 building on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata near Esplanade. Formerly known as the Whiteway Laidlaw department store, it was a famous department store in Calcutta during the British Rule in India. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj in British India. (en)
foaf:name	Metropolitan Building (en)
foaf:homepage	http://www.wmf.org/project/metropolitan-building
name	Metropolitan Building (en)
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geo:long	88.351601 (xsd:float)
foaf:depiction
location	West Bengal
dcterms:subject	Buildings and structures in Kolkata
Wikipage page ID	35168613 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1091406452 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Calcutta Big Bazaar Buildings and structures in Kolkata Life Insurance Corporation of India Chowringhee Corinth (municipality) Chowringhee Road British India Esplanade, Kolkata India West Bengal Shaheed Minar, Kolkata Jawaharlal Nehru Road British Rule Grand Hotel (Calcutta) Whiteway Laidlaw department store
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.wmf.org/project/metropolitan-building
sameAs	Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata) Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
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thumbnail	wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Metropolitan_Building,_Esplanade_Kolkata_(Edited).jpg?width=300
altitude	9.509 m (en)
address	7 (xsd:integer)
caption	Metropolitan Building in Esplanade, Kolkata, from the Chowringhee Crossing (en)
current tenants	Life Insurance Corporation of India & houses many offices & stores such as Big Bazaar & the Central Cottage Industry Showroom. (en)
former names	Whiteway & Laidlaw department store (en)
image size	250 (xsd:integer)
location country	India
location town	West Bengal
owner	Life Insurance Corporation of India
start date	1905 (xsd:integer)
status	Used as a residential and a commercial building (en)
website	http://www.wmf.org/project/metropolitan-building
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has abstract	Metropolitan Building is the number 46.26 building on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata near Esplanade. Formerly known as the Whiteway Laidlaw department store, it was a famous department store in Calcutta during the British Rule in India. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj in British India. The building was built in 1905. Post Independence Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. assumed ownership, so people know it more commonly as Metropolitan Building. Currently it is owned by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). It is located near the Shaheed Minar and the Grand Hotel. (en)
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address	7,Chowringhee Road (en)
building start date	1905
former name	Whiteway & Laidlaw department store (en)
status	Used as a residential and a commercial building
width (μ)	9.509000 (xsd:double)
country	India
owner	Life Insurance Corporation of India
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Metropolitan Building Architecture of Bengal List of tourist attractions in Kolkata Consulate General of the United States, Kolkata Esplanade, Kolkata Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata Dharmatala Whiteway Laidlaw Building

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