SECTOR 17 - CITY CENTRE

Sector 17 City Centre is a premium tourist attraction of Chandigarh. Also known as Sector 17 Plaza, it is an exotic places for shopping, chilling out with friends and family, an eating hub and a centre of branded showrooms. It is also a place for flash mobs as well as promotional and entertaining events.

HISTORY OF CITY CENTRE

Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier designed this sprawling plaza on the European pattern and intended it to be a pedestrian’s paradise. The plaza is located at the heart of Chandigarh and was conceived by Le Corbusier as the hub for shopping and recreation. The plaza has been on top of the list for the tourists in must visit places in Chandigarh. Recently, a multi level parking has been constructed in the plaza as well.

ATTRACTIONS IN CITY CENTRE

Musical Fountain

The lovely musical fountain has become a sight worth watching. The fountain lits everyone up in the evening and under lights, it gives an amazing view and people enjoy hindi and punjabi songs with their friends and families.

Flash Mobs and Musical Events

      Generally flash mobs and social events take place in the weekends when there is a  large gathering of people. Students from the nearby colleges and also employees of different departments organise flash mobs to raise social issues and organise campaigns for awaring people regarding them. Musical events also attract large crowd and majority of them are college students of nearby sectors. Movie promotions also take place in the plaza.

Restaurants

One can find delicious street food as well as dine-in restaurants in Sector 17 plaza of all varieties. But a lot of visitors prefer ice-cream and popcorn while chilling out with friends and families. Some of the major restaurants in the plaza are:

• Sindhi Sweets
• Indian Coffee House
• Hot Millions
• Sagar Ratna
• Neelam fast food
• Berdy’s Chicken
• Ghazal Restaurant

Showrooms

Sector 17 City Centre is a hub of various showrooms for clothes, accessories, footwear and many more. It is a preferred shopping destination for brand lovers. Following are some of the brands available in the plaza:

• Woodland
• Redtape
• Levi’s Exclusive Store
• Adidas
• Peter England
• Manyavar
• Amayra Ethnic wear
• US Polo

And many more……...

      

Theatre and Multiplex

Sector 17 has 2 cinema theatres i.e. Neelam theatre and TDI Jagat Mall. Neelam theatre is one of the oldest cinemas in Chandigarh and was constructed according to the planning of Le Corbusier. Jagat mall was also a theatre earlier but was remodelled into a multiplex recently with Cinepolis taking over the screens and attracts large crowd for the movie lovers.

Hotels

There are 2 prominent hotels in Sector 17:

• The Taj Chandigarh

• Hotel Shivalik View