Panaromic View of the Muncipal Hall & Victoria Terminus (Code: 187) – Mounted and Wooden Frame

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

The imposing Gothic structure was designed by FW Stevens. The chief architectural feature is the central dome that rises to a phenomenal height of 71.5 m (234.6 ft). The gable has a huge winged allegorical figure representing the ‘urbs prima in Indis’, the first city of India as Bombay was known then. At the entrance stands an impressive bronze statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta.

Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) is the headquarters of the Central Railway. Architect Frederick William Stevens designed the station, which was named ‘Victoria Terminus’ in honour of the Queen and Empress Victoria and was opened on her Golden Jubilee: June 20, 1887. Built in the Gothic architectural style, the structure took 10 years to be completed.

Internally, the wood carving, tiles, ornamental iron and brass railings, grills for the ticket offices, the balustrades for the grand staircases and other ornaments were the work of students at the Bombay School of Art.