Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dare House - Parrys Corner

Image
Please do not use the pictures without getting my permission, as these photos are copywritten. If you need one please write to me, email address is given below.   Dare House is an art deco building in Chennai, India which houses the offices of the Murugappa Group. Constructed between 1938 and 1940, it is named after William Dare, one of the partners of Parry & Co. from 1819 to 1838.   The surrounding neighbourhood of Georgetown is more popularly known as Parry's Corner after EID Parry, the flagship company of the Murugappa Group. The site where the building now stands was part of Muthialpet where Comte de Lally positioned his cannons during his siege of Fort St. George in 1758-59.  When the Carnatic Wars ended, Black Town which stood to the south of Muthialpet was levelled and a new esplanade or open space created to provide a clear field of view for the artillery in case of an attack .  The frontiers of the esplanade were marked with six boundary markers, five o...
Read more

Victoria Public Hall

Image
Please do not use the pictures without getting my permission, as these photos are copywritten. If you need one please write to me, email address is given below. I do not take credit for the write up part of the blog, it was mostly taken from Wiki, whereas Photos credit are mine. The Victoria Public Hall, which is also called as 'Town Hall', is one of the important heritage buildings of Chennai city which belongs to British period. The Victoria Public Hall was constructed in 1887 to commemorate the golden jubilee of the British Empress Queen Victoria. In the year 1882, the Town hall was decided to be constructed. The foundation stone was laid by the King of Vijayanagar named Aanandha Ghajapati Rao. The building has some terracotta works and some Islamic Calligraphy. The popular fountain named Trevelyan Fountain is present in the Hall of the Victorian Public Hall. It served as a theater and public assembly room in the late 19th century and  early 20th century. The building, desig...
Read more

Kardyl Building - Mount Road

Image
The Bharat Building's story goes back to 1868 when W.E. Smith, a pharmacist, arrived in Madras and, finding enough pharmacies and more in business in the city, proceeded to Ooty where he set up shop. The success of the Ooty pharmacy and other branches in the Blue Mountains made Smith decide not only to look at Madras again but also set up a shop the city would not forget. On the site that became Bharat Insurance's, he set up facilities that enabled W.E. Smith's to describe itself as "wholesale and manufacturing druggists... opticians, dealers in surgical instruments... and makers of aerated waters."  When business grew, Smith's wanted not only more built-space but also a building in keeping with the image it had gained, as South India's leading pharmacists. And so work began in 1894, on a building that was to be inaugurated in 1897 as Kardyl Building, headquarters of the firm that now describ...
Read more