It is learnt that of Chennai’s 800 heritage buildings of Architectural, Historical, Cultural and Aesthetical interest. 36 Grade-I heritage buildings in the stretch from Chennai Airport to Secretariat Building, George Town, will be externally improved and floodlit to greet dignitaries visiting and attending the Investors’ Meet scheduled to be held in the city in September. Government, it would appear, is at last waking up to the fact that heritage, particularly its buildings, can ‘sell’ a city to its visitors. The following are to benefit from this Government initiative.
– King Institute
– Raj Bhavan
– Madras Club
– College of Engineering
– Vasanta Vihar
– Brodie Castle
– Chettinad Palace
– Blavatsky Bungalow
– Theosophical Society
– Church of Holy Rosary
– Leith Castle
– Director General of Police Headquarters
– Ice House
– Bharathiyar House
– Hindu High School
– Victoria Students’ Hostel
– Presidency College
– PWD Building
– Chepauk Palace
– Senate House
– Madras University
– Museum Theatre
– Connemara Library
– National Art Gallery
– Opthalmic Hospital
– Higginbothams
– Bharath Insurance Building
– P.Orr & Sons
– Rajaji Hall
– Old Government House
– Ripon Building
– Victoria Public Hall
– Madras High Court
– General Post Ofice
– Maadi Poonga
– Secretariat
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