Between St Xavier’s College and Metro Cinema is a Grade-III heritage
structure known
as Jer Mahal. A cluster of six buildings and an annexe, it represents
the finest example
of a whole style of vernacular Indian architecture. It has even been
called ‘Bombay’s
most beautiful chawl’.
A Goan cultural hub, Jer Mahal accommodates 50 Goan clubs on its
premises at Dhobi
Talao. These clubs have been around for over a century; the oldest one
can be traced
back to 1857. Each floor accommodates 3 to 4 clubs, along with a
single kitchen and
a bathroom. Today, the clubs are characterised by broken walls,
protruding cable wires
and worn out arches.
http://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.com/2011/10/mohammadi-mahal-at-junction-of.html
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