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Fashion Street refers to a cluster of over 385 street side clothing shops on MG Road near
Azad Maidan Azad Maidan (formerly known as ''Bombay Gymkhana Maidan'') is a triangular-shaped maidan (sports ground) in the city of Mumbai, India. It is located on of land near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station. It is a regular venue for inter-scho ...
and is opposite to
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, in
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,
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. The market is located just opposite
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office building at Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road). It is a popular tourist destination, and is known for bargaining. In January 2011, as a part of the green drive of BMC along with Fashion Street Shopowners' Association, the market at Fashion Street stopped the use plastic bags and switched to paper bags. Now they are again using plastic bags made by the training workshop of the National Association of the Blind.


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