Industrial wasteland-tuned luxe hangout
Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, Lower Parel was an upmarket British residential area. But when cholera hit Mumbai in the 19th century, the Brits bailed out and the cotton mills moved in. Following a strike in the 1980s, the mills closed down, too. Sniffing a bargain, developers snapped up this prime real estate in the heart of the increasingly-cramped city.
Two decades on, Lower Parel in one of the Mumbai's most hip and happening suburbs; its old mills replaced with premium housing and luxury malls like Phoenix Mills. Artists, musicians, fashion designers and restaurateurs have all set up shop, attracting cool crowds in droves.
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