Fort is the business district of Mumbai. The area was the heart of the city during the 18th century. The area gets its name from the defensive fort, Fort St. George, built by the British East India Company around Bombay castle hugging the eastern coast which was demolished in the 1860’s. This area is the heart of the financial area of the city. Many Financial Institutions such as the Bombay Stock Exchange, Reserve Bank of India are located in this area. When you walk inside this area, you will see an amazing variety of historic landmarks and buildings, constructed in different styles of architecture and built in a variety of local and imported materials. On this route, you will see a veritable parade of archetypal Neo-Gothic public buildings built in the 1860s & 70s such as the glorious Bombay University Library with its high campanile and the grand imposing High Court that are South Mumbai's main architectural attraction. Fronting this line of historic Gothic edifices across the open space of Oval Maidan is a row of superb 1930s Art Deco apartment buildings making this a marvellously unique setting both visually and architecturally. Another highlight on this heritage route is the culturally vibrant Kala Ghoda node.