The overbridge here is the classic vantage point looking down across the wash-pens of Dhobi Ghat.

The 3.6-km Art Deco seafront curve along Back Bay; after dark its string of lights earns the nickname the Queen's Necklace.

A Bhendi Bazaar artery that becomes the city's most famous kebab-and-sweets corridor after dusk, especially during Ramzan.

One of Ballard Estate's uniform stone office blocks, typical of the quarter's Edwardian design code.

A quiet war memorial in Ballard Estate remembering the world wars and the merchant navy.

The rocky Bandra promontory of tide pools and sunset benches beside Bandra Fort.

A 1949 Art Deco single-screen at Marine Lines, built for premieres and still hosting film festivals.

Castella de Aguada, a Portuguese-era watchtower on the rocks at Bandra's Land's End, facing the Sea Link.

A crumbling coastal fort on Mahim Bay, wedged among a working fishing settlement.

An eight-lane cable-stayed bridge across Mahim Bay, best seen lit up from Bandra Fort.

A Girgaon gateway station whose surrounds hold old wadis, sweet shops and the walk down to Girgaon Chowpatty.

The Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Vida, the principal church within Vasai Fort, now a roofless shell.

A 100-plus sq km forest inside the city limits, home to leopards, trails and the Kanheri caves.