Bombay’s Hotel Greens Where The Taj Tower Hotel Now Stands, 1902 Photo
A great 1902 photo of the Hotel Greens where the Taj Mahal’s Tower Hotel now stands in Bombay (Mumbai). The “L” shaped building is the Hotel Greens, also shows a trussed shed on the Apollo Bunder. A glimpse of the famous Taj Mahal Hotel under construction can be seen on the extreme left.
The Taj Hotel group acquired the Greens Hotel in the 1970s. A 24-storied luxury annex the Taj Tower was constructed in its place. The Hotel faces the Apollo Bunder a landing jetty for passengers arriving by steamer. The Gateway of India was built on the Apollo Bunder in 1924, commommerating King George V and Queen Mary’s visit to the city in 1911.
Read more Strange Bedfellows: The Taj And Greens.
Did you know – the Taj was not the first to get five-star status, that honour went to Juhu’s Sun N Sand Hotel in 1962. The Taj didn’t have a swimming pool then and didn’t qualify.
Past posts – Raja Ravi Varma’s Wife Bhageerathi Bayi, Rare 1870 Photo., Delhi Durbar of 1911, 3 Old Postcards., Civil Aviation Market In India, 1930 Print., Stone Carvings of Victoria Terminus Mumbai – Old Print 1886.
