adding on to the many accolades that the city of joy has to its name a retail study has ranked the citys glam shopping hub the park streetcamac street stretch fifth among 30 high streets in eight indian cities from speaking to retailers on the stretch to finding out why the stretch is worthy of the title and other contenderworthy streets of kolkata ct takes a closer look at the latest crowning achievement of the city when i read the news about the survey my first feeling was that of pride devim not from kolkata so when i first came here years back to make a career my first night out with my friends was at park street and camac street i also bought my first piece of gym equipment from a store on camac street that apart i still shop at retail stores on camac street as it has all the major brands selling fashionable clothes and accessories and eating out has always meant park street and still is so when i read the news about the survey rankings my first feeling was that of pridepark streetcamac street are more of an emotion to me sauraseni maitraon thursday when i read that a recent retail study has ranked park street and camac street fifth among 30 high streets in the countrys top eight cities i was delighted it brought back a lot of memories id bought the first piece of jewellery with my own income from a store on camac street which also houses the beauty salon i visit the sari i gifted ma after getting my first pay cheque was from a shop on camac street so to me these two streets are more of an emotion than just placespark street is a depiction of kolkata in a few 100 feet anand puripark street has made it to the list because of its original character decadesold places there have their own personality it is the quintessential depiction of kolkata within a couple of 100 feet the stretch is also very walkable everything is packed into a straight line delhi has many instaworthy high streets but though those places have aesthetic beauty there is a lack of urban culture brewed over years kolkata has it anand puri partner at an iconic eatery on park streetpark streetcamac street area has something for everyone kommal soodthe park streetcamac street area connects the major points from heritage buildings to the lush green maidan of kolkata and has something for everyone there are bookstores a supermarket many restaurants fashion studios boutiques and party hubs if we look at park mansions it has everything from a cafe shop selling electronics to salons and outlets of clothing brands central kolkata has no segregation in terms of residential and commercial places but park street and camac street stand out in this case kommal sood who owns a boutique on park streetpark street has been a goto place historically kanchan duttapark street has been