Two Views of Back Bay From Malabar Hill Bombay – 2 Prints 1870
Two 1870s prints show views of the Back Bay from Malabar Hill in Bombay (Mumbai). One is an engraving the second is a colourized print from a painting. The pictures show a beautiful verdant Bombay from two different periods. Showing patches of lush greenery, with only a smattering of buildings visible, two tall chimneys peep out from the greenery, and dhows anchored on the Back Bay waters. Woefully this beautiful sight would gradually disappear only to be replaced by concrete jungle.
Like most parts of Bombay, this area too was reclaimed, of which Chowpatty Beach is a part. The famous Marine Drive promenade is also a reclaimed land from the 1920s. It stretches from Nariman Point to Girgaon or Girgaum (near Malabar Hill). While driving along on one side is the Back Bay and on the other is the Western Line railway. Marine Drive was nicknamed the “Queen’s Necklace”, because of the shimmering street lights that sparkles like a necklace in the night.
Read more The Making of Marine Drive. See older post View Of Mumbai From Malabar Hill – Old Print 1853.
Did you know- that the British constructed the Marine Drive to last for 72 years, but it is still going strong with only little maintenance.
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