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05-DEC-2016

Victoria Terminus, Bombay, India, 2016

This splendid building was built in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of England’s Queen Victoria, also known as the “Empress of India.” This Victorian Gothic building still stands in the center of Bombay, India’s largest city. Since 1995, Bombay has been called Mumbai, and the railroad station is now the “Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.” This building became world famous in November, 2008, when two terrorists murdered 58 people and injured 104 others in its central passenger hall. I abstract this historic structure by showing only its central dome. The “Statue of Progress” stands at the top, while our eyes are left to feast on a wealth of extravagant Victorian detail. Among the detail is the flag of India, bringing one of the few spots of color to the soot-colored dome.

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