Sans Souci on Victoria Road, today’s Masina Hospital

What
The photo exhibition curated by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta comes from an album presented to the British Library in 2012 by Edwina and Sybil Sassoon, descendants of the great merchant family whose history is closely connected with that of 19th century Mumbai (then Bombay). The album is a rare treat and a documentation of Mumbai’s domestic architecture. This event showcases 43 properties spread across Byculla, Fort and Malabar Hill. This unique record of styles have now almost entirely disappeared from the city’s landscape. Conservation architect and INTACH Co-Convenor Vikas Dilawari’s inputs also helped in organising this exhibition.