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.[3]George Wittet designed the buildings for the business district, imposing a uniformity of style and design through the use of European Renaissance facades.[4] As it is built in the Edwardianneoclassical architecture, it has a "London feel" to it and is often referred to as "London-like" by the locals. [5]
A plan to relieve congestion, conserve the structures and enliven the historic area under the auspices of the Heritage Conservation Committee has been proposed.[6]
ballard, estate, business, district, situated, financial, district, fort, located, between, chhatrapati, shivaji, maharaj, terminus, fort, south, mumbai, hosts, offices, shipping, companies, headquarters, mumbai, port, trust, port, house, reliance, centre, man. The Ballard Estate business district is situated in the financial district of Fort 1 Located between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Fort in South Mumbai it hosts the offices of shipping companies and the headquarters of the Mumbai Port Trust at the Port House It has the Reliance Centre many mid priced hotels and a noted Irani cafe Britannia 2 Contents 1 Overview 2 Images 3 References 4 External linksOverview EditThe 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 3 George Wittet designed the buildings for the business district imposing a uniformity of style and design through the use of European Renaissance facades 4 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 5 A plan to relieve congestion conserve the structures and enliven the historic area under the auspices of the Heritage Conservation Committee has been proposed 6 Images Edit nbsp Ballard Estate building detail nbsp Britannia cafe an Irani cafe at Ballard Estate nbsp Port Trust World War I memorialReferences Edit 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 Archived from the original on 7 April 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 Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ballard Estate nbsp This Mumbai location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ballard Estate amp oldid 1124891716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
