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The BMC Building is considered a Grade IIA heritage building and houses the Bombay Municipal Corporation, the civic body that...

Much of Bombay's buildings were designed by architects living and working in Bombay. However, the Bombay University complex comprising two...

Manockjee Cursetjee, who was appointed Sheriff of Bombay twice, and had the distinction of being the first Indian to be...

Much of Bombay's buildings were designed by architects living and working in Bombay. However, the Bombay University complex comprising two...

Watson's Hotel (actually Watson's Esplanade Hotel), now known as the Esplanade Mansion, is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. Located...

Walkeshwar is a village in the Malabar Hill district of Bombay. The Banganga tank and the Walkeshwar temple complex were...

In view of the increase in the volume of trade and customs clearances, the Department of Commerce and Industry of the...

One of the oldest standing British structures in the city, the St Thomas Cathedral was constructed by Governor Gerald Angier...

Elphinstone College was planned and built in the 1860s and was opened to the public in 1871. The college was...

The Opera House, the only one of its kind in the country, built in baroque design featuring a blend of...

As you exit Churchgate Station, you will find yourself on Queen’s Road, that was once Bombay’s most prominent and picturesque...

The Public Works Department building in Bombay was completed in 1872.  Designed by Colonel Henry St. Clair Wilkins in the...