Empress Court,132 Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate. The Mehta family bought the property in 1960 from a Parsi family. Currently, Empress Court serves as the residence of the fourth generation of the Mehta family.
Detail of zigzag glass panel running along the central staircase, Empress Court. The tower is symmetrically framed by rounded balconies on either side.
Court View, 126 Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate. Court View was named after the Bombay High Court which is visible across the Oval Maidan. Architects Maneckji Dalal and Merwanji Bana & Co. designed Court View with additional designs by Gajanan Babu Mhatre, who was brought on as consultant at the later stages.
Walkeshwar is named after Walkeshwar Temple, built in 1127 AD by the Shilahara rulers. This temple was destroyed in 1534 by the Portuguese and a new one was constructed in the 1720s by Ramaji Kamath, a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin. The temple was again reconstructed in the 1950s in its current location on the western edge of Banganga Tank.