Crawford Market Fountain
Originally, it was located in a garden courtyard setting and was meant to serve as a social space for merchants. The uncontrolled proliferation of shops around it led to a drastic change in setting, and today vegetable and fruit sellers often set up their stalls around it or use the structure to temporarily store their wares.
In 1985, the crown of the fountain was damaged when a canopy was being raised over it. The Kipling river goddesses frieze was also painted over by someone with the intention to restore their "modesty", as claimed in a note left by the conscientious painter on the fountain. In 2016-17, as part of a larger project, restoration work was carried out on the fountain by a team led by conservation architect Abha Narain Lambah, but thereafter the structure continued to be used as a mini warehouse or a dumping site for plastic bags, water bottles or garbage.
References
- ^ "Crawford Market Fountain, Mumbai, by Sir William Emerson". www.victorianweb.org.
- ^ Safvi, Rana (7 January 2018). "In search of the Kipling connection" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Doctor, Vikram (16 April 2016). "How Abha Narain Lambah restored some of Mumbai's Crawford market" – via The Economic Times.
- ^ Sarkar, Arita (13 October 2018). "Crawford Market's fountain restoration coming apart due to apathy". mid-day. Retrieved 15 June 2022.