It was around 13 years ago, when Rajan Jayakar moved to Court View — the first building on the Art Deco row next to Eros Theatre — so that he could be closer to his workplace. Jayakar, who is also convenor of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), says the decision to shift to this building, has today brought him immense pride.

But, while he is elated with the tag, he maintains that "it is not the individual buildings that are important, but the precinct". He suggests that societies, public sector undertakings and private bodies that own these buildings recognise that they are part of a grand, architectural collective. If this means that buildings need to be re-painted according to an aesthetic scheme, then so be it. He wishes specially that the buildings that are run by public sector undertakings be more "heritage-minded". "It is now important that people take note of the precinct, and not lose the UNESCO tag," he says.