Sunday, May 31, 2009

Altamont Road

Altamount Road or Altamont Road is a residential street in South Mumbai. The road was officially re-named "S. K. Barodawalla Marg", however, it is stil known with its old name.The Indonesian and of South African counsulates are situated along this road. The Belgian, Japanese and Chinese consulates are on the adjacent Carmichael Road. The official residential bunglow of the Chairman of the Mumbai Port Trust situated in this area was originally made by Vittel who also designed the Gateway of India and Ballard Estate. The offcial residence of the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai is also located here.

Breach Candy

Bhulabhai Desai Road which is also known as Breach Candy or Warden Road is a market, semi-commercial and residential area of South Mumbai. The United States Consulate in Mumbai is here. The Mahalaxmi Temple is closely situated. It is 21 kilometers south of International Airport in Mumbai. It is just 2 kilometers from Mumbai Central railway station.
The area has many famous landmarks from the Breach Candy Hospital to Tata Gardens. There is the Breach Candy club with India's largest swimming pool in the shape of Indian map.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Agripada

Agripada is an area in South Mumbai. It is located near Byculla and Mumbai Central.It is a mostly residential area home to textile workers who work in the mills of the city. Over the past few years, the area has become notorious for criminal activities.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Linking Road (Vithhalbhai Patel Marg)

View:-Linking Road


Linking Road is a road which extends from Bandra to Santacruz . It is famous for its shopping. Many people come from all over Mumbai and outside to shop on Linking Road. One can find everything from international brands to cheap Chinese goods here. There are departmental stores, brand outlets, streetside carts and regular shops selling mainly clothes and accessories. One can also find many restaurants and cafes along this road. This area is also filled with little stalls selling ladies foot-wares.
The famous triple cinema halls namely Gaiety, Galaxy, Gemini are closer in this area. R.D. National College is also located here.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Lamigton Road

Views:- Lamington Road and electronic shops therealong

Lamington Road was named after Lord Lamington who was the Governor of Bombay between 1903 and 1907. It is a area near Grant Road station in Mumbai. Lamington Road is famous for wholesale and retail market of original and duplicate electronics goods. It stretches right from Mumbai Central to Opera House. Its name is now Dr. Babasaheb Bhadkamkar marg. There is a Dr. Babasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg Police Station with a police colony attached to it. The famous theaters such as the Apsara, Minerva, and Novelty and some B and C grade theatres such as Naaz Alexandra are housed on this road.

Tardev or Tardev Road

Tardeo or Tardeo Road is a popular residential and commercial locality of South Mumbai and its official name is Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Road which is hardly known.
Tardeo is one of the most important arterial road of the city of Mumbai which leads suburban traffic further south to the heart of city's business district and it stretches right from Haji_Ali in the north to "Nana Chowk" in the south. The area falls under the 'D-Ward' of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( civic body of Mumbai) and has its own postal code of 400 034 with its very own post-office at Tulsiwadi. It lies just 15 km from the "Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport and just 1 km from Mumbai Central station. It is well connected by public transport such as buses, trains and cabs services.
Tardeo is home to Mumbai's primary Regional Transport Office (RTO) which conducts driving tests and issues driving licenses to the citizens of Mumbai. It also has important commercial offices located in the AC Market Building and the Film Centre Building both on the Tardeo Road.
In 1999, Tardeo and the city of Mumbai witnessed the opening of the first ever fully-fledged shopping mall called Crossroads converted from an old pharmaceutical plant belonging to 'Roche'. More and more land is acquired in this part of the city to turn old mills and dilapidated structures into swanky new residential towers. The most striking among them are the two 60-storey Imperial by far the tallest in India. Such extensive addition to the already over-populated area puts tremendous pressure on the civic amenities being provided by Brihanmumbai Muncipal Corporation.India's tollest multistores building 60floor devloped in Tardeo in 2007 which is twin tower

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Peddar Road

View:- Peddar Road area and view from there

Peddar Road is the former name of a busy arterial road in South Mumbai passing through the affluent Cumballa Hill neighborhood.It is said to be resting on what was first known as Padam Hill. Its present name is Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg, after a social activist and reformer (Dr. Gopalrao Deshmukh was the first President of the Indian Medical Association and the first Mayor of 'Bombay' after independence. Peddar Road came to be renamed in his honor). The road begins at the well-known intersection of Kemp's Corner and extends down to Cumballa Hill past the Mahalaxmi temple to the Haji Ali intersection. The very first "flyover" built in Mumbai connected Hughes Road to Peddar Road at Kemp's Corner.It is a posh residential area with some of the flats fetching a price of over Rs.10 million. Some of the buildings here too have a very scenic view of Mumbai. The road ends in a flyover which was known as the Kemp's Corner flyover before but has been rechristened as "Dr Goparao Deshmukh Uddanpul(Flyover)".