The famous triple cinema halls namely Gaiety, Galaxy, Gemini are closer in this area. R.D. National College is also located here.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Linking Road (Vithhalbhai Patel Marg)
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
Tardev or Tardev Road
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
Monday, April 21, 2008
Kalbadevi Road
View:-Kalbadevi Road, 1890
Kalbadevi is an old neighbourhood in Mumbai. It is named after the Hindu goddess of the same name. Postal code 400 002. Kalbadevi area is one of the most dense areas during peak hours. The area has mostly traders in watches, bicycles, steel utensils, etc.
Kalbadevi is at walking distance from CST, Masjid Bunder and Marine Lines. The traders, buyers, visitors living in suburbs depend on these three station to reach Kalbadevi.
Kalbadevi Road starts near Metro Cinema and continues to Bhuleshwar Road(famous markket of stainless steel utensils in South Mumbai) and further. There are book shops for old and new books. An access to the two cloth wholesale markets, Mulji Jetha Market and Mangaldas Market are from Hanuman Galli, which starts at Kalbadevi Road. You find a lot of people providing services of carrying the wholesale goods from one place to another, screaming heyo heyo. At the further end of Kalbadevi, near Bhuleshwar Road, you find Cotton Exchange. The market for dealing in Cotton. Bhuleshwar Road is the starting point of Angadia services, (a courier service).
Hotel Surti is at the intersection of Bhuleshwar Road and Kalbadevi Road. Other restaurants on Kalbadevi include Anand Bhavan and Krishna Murari near the Hanuman Temple in the "middle" portion along the length of Kalbadevi Road. Towards Metro there are two other restaurants - Raj Mahal and Pushpa Vihar.
Kalbadevi used to be residential area. Abdul Rehman Street, Princess Street, Bhuleshwar Road used to be occupied by families. As the prices of real estate started going up, more and more people opted to leave the area and move towards northern parts of Mumbai. So, the old buildings are more designed for families rather than a business.
Being close to parsi fire temple, a lots of old parsis are found near Metro Cinema in Kalbadevi. Parsi Dairy on Princess Street is a very old establishment in the area. It has undergone a lots of restructuring to keep up with the modern times. The publishers like R. R. Sheth & Co., Navbharat Sahitya Mandir are on Princess Street in this area.
Market has also been developed for designer sarees and readymade garments.
Mahavir, Carron and Ruchika Sarees are landmarks on this road.