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.

The city's vast open-air laundry: rows of concrete wash-pens worked by generations of dhobis.

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

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.

A 1914 playhouse-turned-cinema in Kalbadevi, one of the oldest surviving single-screens in the city.

The sea-facing gate of Vasai Fort, flanked by huge baobab trees.