Author: The Bombay Collaborative
Publisher: The Bombay Collaborative
Place: Mumbai
Category: Bombay/ Mumbai
Keyword: David Sassoon Library
Abstract: Cover Page Front View of the David Sassoon Library Building
View of the David Sassoon Library from the Mahatma Gandhi Road
Archival Illustration of the Kala Ghoda Equestrian Statue
Statue of David Sassoon in the Lobby on the ground floor
Commemorative marble plaque with the date of construction of the building
Archival Photograph showing in the Elphinstone College and the Library on the Esplanade
Statue of James Berkley
Details documenting the present status of the David Sassoon Library & Reading Room
The incongruous marble fascia addition to the ground floor shop front
Archival Photograph of the street facade of the Esplanade showing the David Sassoon Library building with the original gable roof next to the Elphinstone college
East elevation of the David Sassoon Library
Clock wise from the top: View of the Cast Iron Balustrade: Details of Stone Column: Details of a cast iron window grill: View of the front porch
View of the ground floor entrance lobby
View of the wooden round collar truss
Damaged wooden ceiling causing water seepage in the reading room
Column showing signs of pitting
Clock Tower wall showing extensive staining of the masonry wall along with damaged oriel window
Detail of gutter
View of the incongruous placement of tube-lights across an archway
Ugly conduiting running across an ornate moulding
Corroded rain water pipes causing staining of the stone mansonry wall
View of the rear garden
Dense over growth in the rear garden
View of the gents toilet and the water tank