Ballard Estate

Ballard Estate
Ballard Estate; Ballard Pier
	Business District
	Ballard Estate Location in Mumbai, India Ballard Estate Ballard Estate (Maharashtra) Ballard Estate Ballard Estate (India)
	Coordinates: 18.95°N 72.84°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai City
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400001[1]
Area code(s)	022
Vehicle registration	MH 01
Civic agency	BMC

Ballard Estate (also known as Ballard Pier) is an old European style business district situated in South Mumbai next to Fort.[2] Located between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) and Fort of South Mumbai, it hosts the offices of shipping companies and the headquarters of the Mumbai Port Trust at the Port House. It also has the Reliance Centre and many mid-priced hotels and noted Irani cafe, Britannia.[3]

Overview

The Bombay Port Trust reclaimed 22 acres (89,000 m²) of land at Ballard Estate between 1914 and 1918, using material excavated from the Alexandra Docks for filling. Ballard Estate was named for Colonel J. A. Ballard, a founder of Mumbai Port Trust, which constructed the port and Ballard Pier.[4] George Wittet designed the buildings for the business district, imposing a uniformity of style and design through the use of European Renaissance facades.[5] As it is built in the Edwardian neoclassical architecture, it has a "London feel" to it and is often referred to as "London-like" by the locals. [6]

A plan to relieve congestion, conserve the structures and enliven the historic area under the auspices of the Heritage Conservation Committee has been proposed.[7]

Images

Ballard Estate building detail
Britannia cafe, an Irani cafe at Ballard Estate
Port Trust World War I memorial

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References

"Pin code : Ballard Estate, Mumbai". pincode.org.in. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
"Ballard Estate bounces back after 3-year lull". The Times of India. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"My heart goes bombili, bombili". The Times of India. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
"Mumbai Port Trust is 125", Indian Express (26 June 1997) Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
"Ballard Estate", Mumbai Pages, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
"If it feels like London, it must be Ballard Estate". DNA (newspaper). 12 March 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
"A Ballard for a heritage precinct", Indian Express, 4 June 1999.

External links

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[pcode-1] "Pin code : Ballard Estate, Mumbai". pincode.org.in. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

[2] "Ballard Estate bounces back after 3-year lull". The Times of India. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[3] "My heart goes bombili, bombili". The Times of India. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[4] "Mumbai Port Trust is 125", Indian Express (26 June 1997) Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Ballard Estate", Mumbai Pages, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

[6] "If it feels like London, it must be Ballard Estate". DNA (newspaper). 12 March 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[7] "A Ballard for a heritage precinct", Indian Express, 4 June 1999.