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[[File:Ballard Estate Bombay.jpg|thumb|Ballard Estate Bombay]]<br />
'''The Ballard Estate''' [[business district]] is situated in the financial district of [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ballard Estate bounces back after 3-year lull|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ballard-Estate-bounces-back-after-3-year-lull/articleshow/14700536.cms | newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 July 2002 |accessdate=29 July 2018 }}</ref> Located between [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]] and Fort in South Mumbai, it hosts the offices of shipping companies and the headquarters of the [[Mumbai Port Trust]] at the Port House. It has the [[Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group|Reliance Centre]], many mid-priced hotels and a noted [[Irani cafe]],'' Britannia''.<ref>{{cite news |title=My heart goes bombili, bombili|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-31/special-report/38162575_1_bombay-duck-kanika-dhillon-mumbai-indians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407041528/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-31/special-report/38162575_1_bombay-duck-kanika-dhillon-mumbai-indians |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2013 |date= 31 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=3 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
The [[Bombay Port Trust]] reclaimed {{convert|22|acre|m2}} of land at Ballard Estate between 1914 and 1918, using material excavated from the Alexandra Docks for filling. Ballard Estate was named for Colonel J. A. Ballard, a founder of Mumbai Port Trust, which constructed the port and Ballard Pier.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970626/17750073.html "Mumbai Port Trust is 125", ''Indian Express'' (26 June 1997)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609225308/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970626/17750073.html |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref> [[George Wittet]] designed the buildings for the business district, imposing a uniformity of style and design through the use of European Renaissance facades.<ref>[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/ballard-estate.html "Ballard Estate", Mumbai Pages], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]</ref> As it is built in the [[Edwardian architecture| Edwardian]] [[neoclassical architecture]], it has a "[[London]] feel" to it and is often referred to as "London-like" by the locals. <ref>{{cite news |title=If it feels like London, it must be Ballard Estate |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1155566/report-if-it-feels-like-london-it-must-be-ballard-estate |publisher=DNA (newspaper) |date= 12 March 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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A plan to relieve congestion, conserve the structures and enliven the historic area under the auspices of the Heritage Conservation Committee has been proposed.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990604/ige04056.html "A Ballard for a heritage precinct"], ''Indian Express'', 4 June 1999.</ref><br />
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==Images==<br />
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File:Ballard estate bombay 2.jpg|Ballard Estate building detail<br />
File:Britannia irani cafe.jpg|Britannia cafe, an [[Irani cafe]] at Ballard Estate<br />
File:PortTrustMemorial.JPG|Port Trust World War I memorial<br />
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==External links==<br />
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