The 167-year old Great Eastern Hotel, at the corner of Esplanade and Dalhousie has been the toast of the town long before the Oberois and the Tajs came about. This where the Queen of England stayed, for God's sake! :) But the place has been degenerating since the 1970s and the state government has woken up to this fact, finally - the hotel has now been privatised, ahead of its renovation, and the new owners say, they shall soon restore the Great Eastern to her former preeminent status! The facade of the building, of which you can see a part up there, will be kept largely the same, and there is also construction activity at the rear, down there, to build a new swimming pool and car park.
Come back in three years' time to the Great Eastern, Your Majesty! :)
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