While reading Christopher London’s bio of FW Stevens in Bombay Gothic, his ode to some of our treasured structures, it’s easy to admire this architect, who in less than a decade of reaching India’s shores was able to realise on paper, and eventually in form, what became one of Asia’s most photographed monuments of the 19th century - the Victoria Terminus. That he is celebrated as one of our city’s founding fathers would require a separate tribute.

Visitors marvel at FW Stevens’ drawings of Victoria Terminus. Pic/Shadab Khan