Dec 01, 2012 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - The Horniman Circle neighborhood at Mumbai has many classic examples of Art Deco Style Architecture of the 1930s and 1940s. Art Deco buildings in Mumbai, India have found a new legion of fans after a stretch of structures built in the 1920s, 30s and 40s became last year one of two Indian bids to be declared as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Mumbai has one of the largest concentrations of original and surviving Art Deco edifices in the world, second only to Miami. Deco buildings cropped up at a time of exuberant optimism and opulence in Mumbai. The Art

Dec 01, 2012 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - The Horniman Circle neighborhood at Mumbai has many classic examples of Art Deco Style Architecture of the 1930s and 1940s. Art Deco buildings in Mumbai, India have found a new legion of fans after a stretch of structures built in the 1920s, 30s and 40s became last year one of two Indian bids to be declared as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Mumbai has one of the largest concentrations of original and surviving Art Deco edifices in the world, second only to Miami. Deco buildings cropped up at a time of exuberant optimism and opulence in Mumbai. The Art Stock Photo
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Dec 01, 2012 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - The Horniman Circle neighborhood at Mumbai has many classic examples of Art Deco Style Architecture of the 1930s and 1940s. Art Deco buildings in Mumbai, India have found a new legion of fans after a stretch of structures built in the 1920s, 30s and 40s became last year one of two Indian bids to be declared as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Mumbai has one of the largest concentrations of original and surviving Art Deco edifices in the world, second only to Miami. Deco buildings cropped up at a time of exuberant optimism and opulence in Mumbai. The Art Deco style in Mumbai was characterized by elegant features such as fountains, stylized plants and flowers, imposing motifs and set-back upper levels. (Credit Image: © Subhash Sharma/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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