I'm writing a novel partly set in Bangalore, and I'm looking for information about the Malleswaram neighborhood. I'm told it is a sort of old style neighborhood. A web page states:

The neighborhood of Malleswaram hosts traditional people,
spiritual people, ordinary people, and extra-ordinary
people. Nobel laureates (C.V. Raman), and world champions
(Prakash Padukone) live or lived here, so did many writers,
scholars, musicians (Doraiswamy Iyengar), and
educationists (M.P.L.Shastry). The poor, destitute, and
beggars also call it their own and make a living in the large
number of temples, and churches located here. The
flowering trees on either sides of the streets hide all the
pollution, and the popular street-side eateries obscure
some of the finest south Indian restaurants in the city.
(www.kamat.com/kalranga/ba...alleswaram/)

Can someone tell me:
- Is that description reasonably accurate?
- How old are the hosues and buildings?
- Is it reasonable for me to posit a modern apartment building
on the edge of the neighborhood?

Thanks for any help.