For most of my life growing up in #bangalore, I remember quickly walking past this building without giving it a second glance. Standing at the junction of Brigade Road and Resicency road this #building was in a largely disheveled condition through most of the 80s and 90s; and known for shady activities (it was used as a theater to play B-grade movies at one point).
This is the Bangalore #operahouse built in the 1930s, for the colonial residents of the British Bangalore cantonment. In the early years it was used as a theater, opera and also a space where boxing matches were held between troops who arrived during #ww2.
One of the few #colonial Goth buildings of Bangalore that hasn't been razed to the ground, thanks to a court order, this building has been painstakingly restored by the Korean electronic company - #samsung.
@NehaKhazanchi The building was restored by the owner, not by Samsung.
@NehaKhazanchi I don't think it contradicts what I said. The owner told me (in casual conversation) that he sorted out the cases and painstakingly restored the building.
FWIW, the article doesn't mention how Samsung contributed, nor did the owner.