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)".

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.

Princess Street

Princess Street is a neighbourhood in Mumbai. The road links the Marine Drive flyover with Mahatma Phule(Crawford Market). It serves the busy Marin Lines railway station as well as Thakurdwar(famous market for gold and diamond jewellery in South Mumbai) and Bhuleshwar(famous market for stainless steel utensils in South Mumbai) to the north and Dhobitalao to the south.