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International Journal of Architecture (IJA)
Volume 5, Issue 2, July-December 2019, pp. 10–21, Article ID: IJA_05_02_002
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MILL LANDSCAPES OF MUMBAI: WHEN
REMAINS REMAINED
Alisha Acharya
M. Arch, Urban Conservation Candidate, KRVIA
ABSTRACT
Cities are always in transition and a by-product of the events that occur from time
to time. Structures are testimonies to historic events and contexts amidst which they
thrive. So is the industrial archaeology [1] of Mumbai that includes the mills, workers
housing, docks, railways that had been born out of a trading and manufacturing
necessity. The historicity of the sites; that once formed a greater part of the urban
economics are today being looked upon as liabilities and replaced as incongruous
developments in response to high rising real estate values.
The Industrial assets of Mumbai, which once formed the city’s economic legacy
and dotted the city scape, conforms to being a valuable heritage and is on the verge of
being altogether obliterated. Hence, the remnants, attain the highest heritage value,
that of Rarity, and so must be conserved with utmost efforts. While, most Industrial
heritage assets have fallen prey to overwhelming development strategies and lost
forever, the rare remnants need to be protected with great responsibility and sustained
approach.
Key words: Industrial Archaeology, Cultural identity, Nexus of Mill district, Linked
Public Green.
Cite this Article: Alisha Acharya, Mill landscapes of Mumbai: When Remains
Remained. International Journal of Architecture (IJA), 5(2), 2019, pp. 10–21.
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1. INTRODUCTION
The Mills of Mumbai, as one of the principal industrial heritage assets, have been plagued
with a series of overarching urban policies that singularly favour the real estate development,
without recognis