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Historical Houses

Adenwala Baug
Age: 127 years
Cowasjee Dinshaw’s house is a museum in one piece - complete with a huge Swiss organ,chandeliers.

Allison Eisa’s Bungalow
Age: 80 years
During rains the house shakes as the tide approaches.
The sea is its dreaded foe.

James Ferreira’s Mansion
Age: 150 years
The designer says his house affords them a village life in the big city. "I used todream of one-room apartments!"

Kekee Manzil
Age: 80 years
Kekoo Gandhy jokes that earlier a stone flung would mostly hit a Pereira, now it’slikelier to hit a Sindhi builder. Also, next door, Shahrukh Khan has moved in.

Raut’s Mansion
Age: 111 years
Maintenance of grilles, chandeliers is a filial ritual for the Rauts. They resent theirhouse being called a museum. "It’s just a lived-in old house."

The Ferreira Mansion
Age: 150 years
Miss Ferreira is herself a slice of history. Old-world Khotachi Wadi gave her a husbandfrom next door.

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