Breach Candy is the stretch of Bhulabhai Desai Road — still called Warden Road by most of the people who live on it — between the Mahalaxmi temple and Kemps Corner. The name is argued over: ‘Burj-khadi’, the tower by the creek, or simply the breach the sea made in the old wall. It is one of the most expensive residential addresses in India, and its shops are the old department stores that South Mumbai grew up with: Amarsons from the 1950s, Benzer from 1959, Premsons.
Breach Candy Hospital was founded in 1946 as a 25-bed nursing home and now has 220 beds, run by a trust, in a building by the architect Claude Batley. The Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust, beside it, has the famous seawater pool. Kemps Corner, at the flyover, has Crossword, China Garden and the Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla studio; August Kranti Maidan, where the Quit India resolution was passed on 8 August 1942, is a short walk east.
What is here
The landmarks and institutions the locality is known for| Name | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Breach Candy Hospital 1946 | Bhulabhai Desai Road | Trust-run private hospital; 220 beds; building by Claude Batley. |
| Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust | Bhulabhai Desai Road | The club with the seawater pool; members and guests. |
| Amarsons 1950s | Breach Candy | Department store. |
| Benzer 1959 | Breach Candy | Department store. |
| Premsons | Breach Candy | Department store. |
| August Kranti Maidan 1942 | Gowalia Tank, near Kemps Corner | Where the Quit India resolution was passed on 8 August 1942. |
| Amarsons Garden and Tata Garden | Breach Candy seafront | The public gardens on the sea side of the road. |
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