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The building, defined as an industrial prototype, houses the offices of the Samachar Press inclusive of the Bombay Samachar Pvt Ltd, Bombay Samachar Chronicle Co Pvt Ltd. and the Bombay Associate Newspapers Pvt Ltd. In keeping with the times, there is a signboard which dons the name ‘Mumbai Samachar’ in Marathi, alongside the original English version, ‘Bombay Samachar, Estd. 1822’, which immediately lends to a sense of fascination and interest at the very existence of the age-old structure. The architecture of the three-storeyed edifice is unique, due to which the building bears an uncanny resemblance to a typically old Indian bureau. The entrance to the lobby is not a very inviting one with the image of a warehouse coming first to mind. Though a structure that appears less than durable, it boasts of strong wooden beams that do not show any signs of decay and a traditional elevator that creaks its way to the first floor corridor, where all the activity takes place. Pocketed along this dingy corridor is the entire Samachar Press, inclusive of the editorial, advertising, printing and circulation departments and the press office.
Mumbai Samachar, surrounded by 19th century Gothic architecture in the form of heritage structures such as Elphinstone House, St Thomas Cathedral and others, continues to distinguish itself as an atypical establishment of the colonial period, enticing onlookers with the mysteriously rustic and unkept look that it wears today.


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