Kaisar-i-Hind is located on Currimbhoy Road, named after Ebrahim Currimbhoy (1839-1924), a Gujarati Khoja businessman who founded E. Pabaney & Co. and made a fortune in the opium trade with China. He was nominated Trustee of the Port of Bombay. For his services, the British conferred E. Currimbhoy with Knighthood (1905) and Baronetcy (1910).
The Port Trust War Memorial was installed in 1919 as a traffic roundabout, located at the junction of three streets; SS Ramgulam Road, N Morarji Road, and Shoorji Vallabhdas Road. The pedestal is irregularly hexagonal, with commemorative plaques fixed on the three larger sides. The pedestal supports a circular, fluted column crowned with a metal lamp on top.
In 1970, a new passenger berth was commissioned at the Ballard Pier Extension for luxury liners. It currently serves as the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, expected to be commissioned by July 2024. The terminal will have a capacity of handling 200 ships and 10 lakh passengers per annum. Two cruise ships will be able to berth at a time at the dock.
The semicircular arched entrance to the Videsh Dak Bhavan has a porch with wrought iron ornamentation, though it is partially hidden behind the India Post hoarding fixed at the front. The porch project outwards and has a sloping roof.
The vertical accent provided by the tower at Karfule is distinctly Art Deco. The tower originally served as a clock tower. The clock was replaced by the Caltex sign, and since 1978, the Hindustan Petroleum logo. The Caltex sign remains with the Sequeira family as part of the pump's historical archive of objects.
Neville House is owned by the Wadia Group and named after its former chairman, Neville Wadia (1911-1996). In 1952, he succeeded his father Ness Wadia as chairman of Bombay Dyeing, which started in 1879. Under Neville Wadia's leadership, Bombay Dyeing became one of India's largest textile producers and one of its most recognizable consumer brands.
Videsh Dak Bhavan, also known as the Foreign Post Office (FPO), is in Irwin House, named after Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India (1926-31). The FPO facilitates the import and export of goods by Post Parcels. The Postal Department also provides access to Customs for examination, assessment, clearance, etc., of parcels that arrive via mail.
The triple-arched Ballard Bunder Gatehouse was built in 1920 to commemorate the repositioning of the Ballard Pier by the Bombay Port Trust. After Independence, the gatehouse became part of the Naval Dockyard but fell into disuse. In 2005, the Western Naval Command restored the building, converting it into a nautical-themed museum.
Karfule is the only Art Deco petrol pump in Mumbai and one of two (Construction House is the other) buildings in Ballard Estate built in the late 1930s. The kiosk-like structure, with its octagonal canopy and star-shaped terrazzo tiles in the interior, was designed by GB Mhatre and Architectural Studio, one of the most prolific Art Deco architects of the era.
Semi-circular arched windows with moldings and projecting imposts on the ground floor of Darabshaw House which was once open and let in natural light and air. The sealing of the windows is symptomatic of changes made in buildings at Ballard Estate in order to accommodate modern building requirements, like the installation of air conditioning units.