The stretch between Duraiswamy Road and T. Nagar Bus Stand has some of the costliest real estates in Chennai.

Pondy Bazaar serves as a satellite commercial hub for T. Nagar, located around the Thyagaraya Road.

[4] That very same year, the administration of the Mambalam zamindari, situated to the west of the Long Tank, was relinquished by its hereditary chief.

Most of the streets in the new locality were named after provincial cabinet ministers, Justice Party bosses or officials in the administration.

[5] Retail industry started proliferating in the region with the establishment of Nalli Chinnasami Chetty's textile showroom in 1928,[3] which was upgraded as the first Kancheepuram silk sari shop of the area in 1935.

[6] According to one version, Devaraj Mudaliar of Pondicherry opened 10 shops on Sir Thyagaraya Road and started calling it Pondy Bazaar.

With the increase in retail activities in the neighbourhood, several famous theatres such as Sun, Nagesh, and Rajakumari have given way to commercial complexes.

In its early days, film artists such as M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan, Vyjayanthimala, N. T. Rama Rao, Thangavelu, Manorama, Savitri, Sivaji Ganesan and T. S. Balaiah set up their residences here.

On a typical weekend, the number of people who move about on Pondy Bazaar, the locality's principal commercial area, might soar up to 500,000.

During festival season, because of the discounts and reductions offered by dealers of silk sarees and jewellers, this number might reach 2 million.

T Nagar is the paradise for jewellery purchase as it contains all leading Jewelers like GRT, Lalitha, Joy Alukkas and many more in 500 meters stretch.

[9] The area around Panagal Park is known for its high-end textile shops, chiefly dealing with silk sarees, and jewellery stores.

[9] Wardrobes stores Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, Naidu Hall and Instore are based in Theagarya Nagar.

The road is full of big name establishments side-by-side smaller and petty shops that sell all sorts of household goods and garments.

The RKM Cricket Ground adjoining GN Chetty Road hosts division IV and V city-league games.

The grand textile showrooms close very late at night, and their hoarding boards constantly illuminate the roads.

Early in the morning, joggers and walkers take full advantage of the empty roads, with the fresh air that's so hard to come by in this area at all other times of the day.

This convent houses Our Lady's Nursery and Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School.

Being one of the centrally located neighbourhoods with both residential and commercial activities, T. Nagar has several parks and greeneries, many of which are maintained by the Corporation of Chennai.

The T. Nagar bus terminus off Usman Road is a hub for services operating via the commercial district, including routes to Thiruverkadu, Mylapore, Kodambakkam, Avadi, Nungambakkam, Parry's Corner, Ennore, Manali, Tambaram, Poonamallee, Thiruvanmiyur, Ambattur, Pattabiram, Annanagar and Tiruvallur.

[23] Other important bus stops in T.Nagar are Panagal Park, Pondy Bazaar, Power House, and Vani Mahal.

It involves provision of a pedestrian-friendly footpath on the 1.45 kilometre-long stretch of the Theyagaraya Road between Panagal Park and Anna Salai.

[26] In 2013, to address the traffic concerns of the neighbourhood, Chennai Corporation tied up with real estate advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle to exercise a proposal to redevelop the area, especially the shopping centres.