A city icon : Victoria Terminus Bombay 1887 now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai 1996
By
Rahul Mehrotra and Sharda Dwivedi
Contributor
Photography by Preeti Bedi.
Periodical
0
Serial
13724
Publisher
Eminence Designs Pvt. Pvt., Bombay
Description
288
ISBN / ISSN No.
8190382101
Subject
1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai, India) -- History; 2. Mumbai (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History.
Summay
[Summary Plus Entry] Yeh kitab Mumbai ke sabse mashhoor landmark, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (pehle Victoria Terminus) ka ek bohot hi gehra architectural aur historical study hai. British architect Frederick William Stevens dwara design kiya gaya yeh neo-Gothic masterpiece 1887 mein pura hua tha. Authors Rahul Mehrotra aur Sharada Dwivedi ne is coffee-table book mein sirf iski behtareen sanrachna (stained glass windows, gargoyles, aur massive domes) ka hi vivaran nahi diya hai, balki ise ek "living monument" ke roop mein dikhaya hai. Preeti Bedi ki khubsoorat photo-documentation ke sath, yeh kitab batati hai ki kaise yeh UNESCO World Heritage Site har din lakhon logon ki zindagi ko jodti hai aur Mumbai ki raftar ki asli 'lifeline' bani hui hai.
Accession No.
13724
Status
Available
Category
Architecture-India