#EsplanadeEstates: Walk 654
Date:
02-Sep-2023
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Time:
16:30:00 - 18:00:00
- INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)
Starting Point
McDonalds opp CSMT Station
#EsplanadeEstates: Walk 654
Date:
02-Sep-2023
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Time:
16:30:00 - 18:00:00
INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)
After the walls of the Fort of Bombay were ordered to be demolished by the Governor, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, in 1862, a new vision of Bombay - Urbs Prima in Indis or India's foremost city - started getting built. On the vast open Esplanade outside the Fort came up Free Town, the original New Bombay. Opposite the erstwhile north-west ramparts of the Fort, a trapezoid-shaped area was called the Esplanade Estate. On our #EsplanadeEstates heritage walk, we explore this planned precinct and discover the buildings and institutions it houses.
HIGHLIGHTS
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City’s First Phone Call - Dog’s Memorial
- First test match
- College for the underprivileged
- The Iconic Bhelwala
- Victoria’s Shurpanakha moment
- Majestic Mews
- Palace of Tatas
- Parsi “Lying-in” Hospital
- The original women’s dispensary
- And of course… Masonic Secrets!
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