As the city grew, this area became the base for development and construction activities, meeting the needs of people for their livelihood and rulers' administrative comforts.

With the construction of a bridge in 1710 to connect Egmore, people started moving towards the present Moore Market area.

This temple was demolished and later shifted to the present place near Mint Street on Nethaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road and is popular amongst Hindus as Pattanam Koil.

In 1969, the Burma Bazaar, a market selling imported foreign goods in shops on pavements, was established by these Burmese refugees-turned-entrepreneurs.

[8] The city's first Jain temples were built in the central part of the western half of the neighbourhood occupied by settlers from Rajasthan and Saurashtra, now known as Sowcarpet.

The oldest surviving mosque is the huge Masjid Mamoor in Angappa Naicken Street, which was built in the eighteenth century.

[8] The first Madras Synagogue was built in Coral Merchant Street, which had a large presence of Portuguese Paradesi Jews in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Apart from locals, people from other parts of the country as well as foreign nationals who had trade and business links with the 'British East India Company' were living in this area.

As the town was developing manifold, people from all over India settled here doing business in all fields, chiefly from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

The area occupied by the North Indians, chiefly Marwaris from Rajasthan and Gujarat, in the twentieth century came to be known as Sowcarpet (literally 'area of the rich', derived from the word 'sahukar' meaning money lender in Hindi).

[10] George Town extends roughly from Chennai Central railway station and People's Park in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east.

The very attractive Burma Bazaar, noted for selling electronic goods and other items at cheaper rates, once mostly run by Burmese refugees, is also located on this road.

[12] The place is an important center for commercial banking and trading, and also a major hub for the intracity bus service.

Being one of the oldest settlements in the modern city of Chennai, George Town remains a classic example of a confluence of different architectural styles.

Dare House in Parrys Corner, an Art Deco–style building, for instance, sports an emphasis on vertical lines and a distinct design of a 'sunburst jaali' for ventilation.

Raja Annamalai Mandram is a big hall where indoor meetings, cultural activities and dramas are held.

Being the primary neighbourhood of the then burgeoning city of Madras, George Town houses several commercial establishments of national importance.

It long housed the central business district of the city, until the 1960s, when it began to drift towards the south to reach the Gemini circle.

Several banking and financial offices were housed in heritage structures from the Colonial era, clustered chiefly around North Beach Road, many of which continue to exist to the present day.

[18] George Town remains the geographical and geometrical focal point of Chennai where all the radial roads and railroads of the city converge.

[19] With increasing transportation needs, the terminus was shifted to the new premises covering 36.5 acres at Koyambedu in 2002 constructed at a cost of ₹ 1,030 million.

[20][21] In January 2013, further to the public interest litigation petition filed in the court, the Corporation decided to improve the Broadway bus terminus at an estimated cost of ₹ 33.6 million.

However, some of the community-specific areas of George Town, such as Sowcarpet where the prosperous Marwari community resides, still remains an important commercial hub of the city.

Almost all leaders of national and state political parties used to hold street meetings contacting people and propagating their aims and principles.

Si), Andhra leaders such as T. Prakasam and also Mahatma Gandhi, Annie Besant and many others did not miss this part of the city.