Entrance and lettering, Empress Court. Built-in 1933-39, Empress Court was designed by architects Contractor and Kanga with additional designs by Gajanan Babu Mhatre. Most of the residential buildings along Maharshi Karve Marg were designed by Indian developers and architects, rather than British architects.
Wave motif on porch railing of the compound wall, Fairlawn. A remarkable feature of the Art Deco buildings along Maharshi Karve Marg is the uniformity of form and design. For example, the use of porch railings is common in all the buildings, and they all have a low compound wall running along the front of the building.
Swastik Court, 132 Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate. Designed by the architectural firm Sykes, Patkar, and Divecha. Varjiwandas Motilal Saraiya, the original owner, named the building ‘Swastika’, an auspicious symbol widely revered in several South Asian cultures.