Know Your Bombay

ByPT Reporter

Five Gardens: Five Gardens is one of Mumbai’s oldest gardens, which was created by Mancherji Edalji Joshi in Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC). As the name suggests, there are five circular gardens connected by an intervening road.

Bandra Kurla Complex: The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) is a planned commercial complex built on marshy land on the north side of Mahim creek and is bound by Kurla in the East and Bandra in the West. The MMRDA was appointed as the ‘Special Planning Authority’ for planning and developing the Bandra Kurla complex in 1977. An approximate four lakh people work in various offices at BKC.

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