The danger that can emerge with construction near these over-100-year-old heritage buildings needs to be weighed by qualified experts twice over. Pic for representation

Each time we chance upon sepia-tinted frames of the wide Hornby Road (today’s DN Road) — a sense of pride emerges. This is usually coupled with a silent wish to be transported back in time, albeit for few fleeting moments — to relive an era when trams and Victorias plied on our roads, as Bombay stood on the threshold of becoming an entrepreneurial powerhouse, and a city for its citizens, in the same breath.