Colaba Causeway
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Colaba Causeway, officially known as Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, is a commercial street,[1] and a major causeway or land link between Colaba and the Old Woman's Island in the city of Mumbai, India.
It lies close to the
History
By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Fort area and part of older town were overcrowded, as the island of Colaba, the southern tip of the city,
The Causeway as it is known to the locals, was constructed by the
Horse-drawn tram-cars were introduced here,[10] in 1873 by Stearns and Kitteredge, for their offices on the west side of the Causeway, where the Electric House now stands.[9]
Overview
Today, it is termed as the 'Culture Square' of Mumbai.
Apart from upmarket retail showrooms, and small shops dealing in electronic goods, cosmetics, clothes and music, it has a pavement book stall dating back several decades,[13] besides having numerous small shops and footpath outlets selling everything from artifacts to shawls, carpets and minor antiques to slippers of all kinds, which makes tourists, backpackers and locals from South Mumbai throng the area all through the year.[11]
Among the restaurants, cafes and roadside eateries that make the street popular with tourists and locals alike
Other visitors' attractions in the area are historical structures like
Gallery
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Original Seven islands of Bombay -
Leopold Cafe and Bar since 1871 -
Cafe Mondegar, marking the beginning of Colaba Causeway, with Taj Hotel in the background
References
- ^ Colaba Causeway
- ^ The skyline of Mumbai Deccan Herald, 7 October 2007.
- ^ History of Reclamation
- ^ Mumbai History - 19th century
- ^ Mumbai History - Colaba Causeway Archived 11 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- IIT, Mumbai.
- ^ Mumbai History Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine mumbainet.com.
- ^ View of Colaba British Library.
- ^ a b c History of Colaba and Cuffe Parade
- ^ Images of - a horse-drawn tram on Colaba Causeway
- ^ a b Mumbai's Culture Square - For the Foodie Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Sarika Mehta, Business Line, a The Hindu Group publication, 24 December 2004.
- ^ Legends of the causeway - Cusrow Baug dnaindia.
- Indian Express, 10 May 2004.
- ^ a b Colaba mapsofindia.com.
- ^ Cafe confidential Archived 12 September 2012 at archive.today The Australian, 5 July 2008.
- ^ Mumbai Attractions - Colaba Causeway Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine mustseeindia.com.
