Wednesday, January 16, 2008

framed

framed
pedestrian foot-over-bridge at marine drive. this was peak hours on a weekday, 11:00 am. just shows how deserted marine drive can get during the day. in that sense, it comes alive as a promenade only in the evenings.
for a promenade stretching across 4 km, its quite a .. um.. bore.. shall we say. across the entire length of the promenade, theres really not much variety of spaces / events for people to engage in.
for an aerial view of the promenade, see my jan 2008 daily photo theme post here

posted by Kunal Bhatia at 18:47  

Monday, January 7, 2008

spiralling down

spiralling down
not many buildings in mumbai have a fire staircase. this one, probably built 100 years or so ago, does have one, but its rendered useless, as all the doors opening onto it have been walled off. in any case, looking at its condition, it probably would crumple under the weight of too many people rushing down at the same time.

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photo clicked near the gateway of india at colaba
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some of my school’s old buildings have metal fire-stairs. lets see if i can their photo some time soon
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note to self: iv yr: services: fire fighting: high rise bldg design review

posted by Kunal Bhatia at 17:12