The precinct design and placemaking initiative highlights the power of community collaboration and creative thinking.

A sea side derelict piece of land was converted into a rejuvenating park. The place now hosts musical Sunday morning fairs with food and pets.

Extravagant urban infrastructure oriented towards automobiles leave a lot of spaces and edges that neglect people and are dangerous for women and children.

Captain Prakash Pethe Marg, a N-S arterial connector separates two polarised communities of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai, original fishing village in low-rise high-density development along the seaward side and high-income families in high-rise development on the landward side.

The coastal edge of Cuffe Parade suffers from neglect and is encroached and dilapidated at many places. Carved out of the encroachment, the promenade with pedestrian plazas and a viewing deck adds to the planned open space area of Mumbai.

McCluskiegunj, a unique settlement and a century old homeland, is reminiscent of the once flourishing Anglo-Indian community in the 1930s.