Zooming, unchecked two-wheelers, a cheek-by-jowl bazaar, shanties and worn out century-old buildings, and scrumptious Bohri delicacies. This would be a typical description of a regular day at SoBo’s Bhendi Bazar. However, photographer and founder of Towering Goals, Sanjog Mhatre’s recent panoramic photograph from the neighbourhood’s three-year-old Al-Sa’adah Towers marks the beginning of a new-age Bhendi Bazaar.

The photograph aims at documenting the cluster redevelopment phases of the area, which was envisioned by Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT) in 2009, began in 2016 and completed its first phase (Al-Sa’adah) of three in 2020. Captured from the northward facing building, the panorama features and identifies 85 buildings along the stretch of Worli, right till Wadala.