Soon after this, the English flattened a part of the Black Town in order to have a clear field for fire in the event of an attack.

A thoroughfare was formed along the stretch between the pillars and the high court, which eventually became known as China Bazaar Road.

In 1787, Thomas Parry, a Welsh businessman, bought the land with a garden house lying across the High Court buildings at the junction of NSC Bose Road and Rajaji Salai and developed it as a commercial complex housing the offices of Parry and Lane.

The Madras Jewellers & Diamond Merchants' Association, which was established in 1938, was initially headquartered at China Bazaar Road.

For a long time, it remained the nerve centre of the city till the principal bus terminus was shifted to Koyambedu in 2002.

Devaraja Mudali Street, which lies closer to the Chenna Kesavaperumal temple, is famous for turmeric and kumkum powder meant for Hindu ritual purposes, with several shopkeepers having it as their family business.

However, there are few buildings that still remain on the western side of the NSC Bose Road and Govindappa Naicken Street.

[2] In January 2013, further to the public interest litigation petition filed in the court, the Corporation decided to improve the 1.5-acre Broadway bus terminus at an estimated cost of ₹ 33.6 million.