{"chapterKey":"india-peninsular/mumbai-5-deco","title":"Mumbai 5, Deco","regionSlug":"india-peninsular","status":"published","photos":[{"sha":"3d0863e3856f4d6aac10fe24a4ce2df369f7e5d56871a1d81388e36e536e2eac","caption":"Some are office buildings, in this case the headquarters (built 1939-43) of New India Assurance, 87 Mahatma Gandhi (formerly Esplanade) Road. Architects: Master, Sathe and Bhuta. C. M. 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Architect: Merwanji Bana and Co.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ca5ff80cef2aafc0e2fe38e5c7e9f2d6","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/533697afde2be9ca3f1b0cce00d98f50","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/df4954a1402b78d10fc70146b75e897d","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2a4d3093b35f0d8b9ba6c93c6b945bcf","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/dfd5036cc213bc1d569f45e2f133497d","altText":"144 Queens Road: Rajajb Mahal, from 1933-39. Architect: Merwanji Bana and Co."}],"createdAt":"2022-05-02T01:08:09.075Z","updatedAt":"2022-05-02T01:08:09.075Z","lead":"The city also has a remarkable assemblage of Art Deco buildings, sampled here. For more on this topic, see *Bombay Art Deco Architecture: A Visual Journey (1930-1953)* by Navin Ramani, 2007.","visitedDate":"2005","publishedDate":"2005-11-02T05:00:00.000Z","originalUrl":"https://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=564&chapterid=1010&picturesize=medium","heroSha":"621cea3b772dd6cf787de9063270df73aeb0a315582a675029de9b1139138e5d","authorLabel":"Bryan Wallach","_meta":{"sameAs":[]}}