Marine Drive.3–3.6 km long sea-facing boulevard curving along the Back Bay, lined with art-deco buildings, palm trees and a wide pedestrian promenade. In the evening, couples, joggers and families come here to sit on the tetrapods, watch the sunset and see the streetlights curve like a glowing necklace – giving it the name “Queen’s Necklace.”
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History & highlights
Marine Drive was built in the 1930s–40s on reclaimed land as part of Bombay’s expansion southwards, officially named Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road later. The bay-facing arc allowed a new seafront for the growing business district of Nariman Point and for Girgaon Chowpatty beach at the northern end. Over time, it also became one of the world’s largest art-deco housing ensembles, now part of Mumbai’s UNESCO inscription. Today it’s both a major traffic artery and the city’s favourite open-air “living room” by the sea.
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