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Kala Ghoda
Kala Ghoda lies between Colaba and Fort, on K Dubash Marg is an area containing
cultural institutions, a number of galleries and some of Mumbai's most
impressive colonial architecture. The Kala Ghoda fair, a celebration of regional
arts and crafts, is held every Sunday in K.Dubash Marg between November and
January.
Address: Kala Ghoda, Near Army Navy Building,
Dr. D. N. Road, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra
Town
Hall & Library
The neoclassical Town Hall at Shahid Bhagat Singh Road is used for concerts, functions and political meetings and is home to
'Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay Library'. This is an imposing building with
Doric columns at the head of a broad flight of stairs.
Address: Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai- 400023,
Maharashtra
Phone: +91 22 22660956 Bombay Stock Exchange
India's largest stock exchange is housed at Dalal Street. Its daily
trading volume is counted in billions of rupees, making it Asia's largest stock
exchange after Tokyo. It was founded in 1877. The present Stock Exchange
building was built a hundred years later. Around 8000 companies are listed on
the Bourse.
Address: Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Phiroze
Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai- 400023, Maharashtra
Phone: +91 22 2721234, 2721233,
Fax : +91 22 2721919
Flora Fountain
Flora
Fountain now known as Hutatma Chowk (Martyr's square) is a beautifully sculptured
fountain, standing at a busy five-point intersection in the commercial Fort
area at the heart of Mumabi. Named after the Roman goddess of abundance, it
was erected in 1869 in honour of Sir Bartle Frere, the governor of
Bombay responsible for dismantling the fort and shaping much of modern Mumbai.
This political hot spot is usually occupied for political rallies.
Address: DN Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400001, Maharashtra
Secretariat
The Secretariat is on Bhaurao Patel Marg. This huge building dating from 1874
was designed in Venetian Gothic style by Colonel St. Clair Wilkins. The
main features are the long arcaded verandas that overlook the maidan (ground) and an
imposing central tower. Now this is home to the civil and city courts. Bombay University
Bombay University located at Bhaurao Patil Marg was designed by Gilbert Scott, who designed
the St Pancras Station in London.
It contains a convocation hall with an exquisite circular stained-glass window
surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac, an university library with elaborate spiral
staircases and ornate galleries and a Rajabai clock tower 80 meter high. The
main university campus is now at outlying Kalina, which has given the university,
the British Council and the Heritage Society the opportunity to begin restoring
these buildings to their former glory.
Vice-Chancellor: 022 - 22656789,
Registrar 022- 22656953
High Court
The
neo-Gothic High Court on Bhaurao Patil Marg was designed by Colonel JA Fuller
in 1878. It is an immense fortress-like structure 562 feet long and 189 feet
wide in dour blue basalt. The court contains arched galleries, a bulky central
tower and octagonal turrets topped by figures of Mercy and Justice.
The Bombay, Baroda & Central
Indian (BB&CI) Railway Headquarters
The BB & CI office in the centre of Veer Nariman Road
and Maharshi Karve Road was built in 1899 next to Church gate station. It was
designed by Frederick Stevens. It is a fanciful palatial building in a hybrid
style that has been dubbed Oriental Gothic. It is now the administrative headquarters
of Western Railway.
General Post Office (G.P.O)
The largest GPO in India, with its grand Indo-Saracenic
edifice designed in 1909 by John Begg, stands opposite Bazargate, the old northern
entrance to the Fort, on St. Georges Road. It is the largest GPO in India, accommodating
more than 2000 postal workers. It is topped by a huge dome.
Address: St Georges Road, Near VT, Mumbai, 400021
Ph: +91 22 22620956
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation Building
This V-shaped building is situated at the centre of Dr D Naoroji
Road and Mahapalika Marg. The building was designed by Frederick Stevens and
built in the Oriental Gothic style. It is the largest civic organisation
in India, and administers an area of 434 sq km.
Address: D N Road, Opposite VT/CST, Mumbai, 400001
Marine Drive
This
is one of Mumbai's most popular promenades and sunset-watching spots. Build
on land reclaimed from Back Bay in the 1920s, the marine drive starts from below
the hanging gardens on Malabar Hill, runs along the Arabian sea and ends
at Nariman point. In the night, the colour full line of lights give a picturesque
view.
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