Restoration of a City Icon: Flora Fountain, Mumbai
By: Dilawari, Vikas
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Publisher: New Delhi Brijendra S. Dua 2019Edition: Vol.59.Description: 44-51p.Subject(s): LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (AR-LA)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of landscape architectureSummary: Flora Fountain, once a landmark in the urbanscape of Mumbai had, overtime, been taken over by the elements of the city- both virtually and physically owing to ill-informed conservation efforts it was subjected to over the years. The restoration of the fountain by INTACH, at the behest of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, aimed at restoring the fountain's lost glory by reinstating its water system and literally chipping away the effects of the many years to uncover its original beauty.
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Flora Fountain, once a landmark in the urbanscape of Mumbai had, overtime, been taken over by the elements of the city- both virtually and physically owing to ill-informed conservation efforts it was subjected to over the years. The restoration of the fountain by INTACH, at the behest of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, aimed at restoring the fountain's lost glory by reinstating its water system and literally chipping away the effects of the many years to uncover its original beauty.
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