Central Chennai

Central Chennai is the part of Chennai city between the Coovum River and the Adyar River. The term "Central Chennai" has gained currency in recent times with the rapid expansion of Chennai city southwards. Until the end of the 20th century, the suburbs that comprise Central Chennai were usually grouped under South Chennai and it is still a common practice to do so.

The central part of Chennai has considerably higher standards of living than North Chennai and the city's "old elite" resided here. It includes Rutland Gate Road in Nungambakkam, Poes Garden in Alwarpet and the Boat Club Road in Raja Annamalaipuram that have the highest real estate prices in Chennai city. The eastern neighbourhoods of Mylapore, Alwarpet, Teynampet and Nandanam are peopled mostly by lawyers, industrialists and white collar professionals while the adjoining T. Nagar functions as the business district. The central neighbourhoods also comprise the city's cultural epicentre. The Tamil film industry is based at Kodambakkam with people connected with the motion picture and television residing in the immediate vicinity. However, conversely, parts of Royapettah, Triplicane, Mandaveli and Saidapet have slums and poor infrastructure with standards of living comparable to North Chennai.

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