Kala Ghoda, Mumbai
A subscription library founded in 1847 by Sir David Sassoon, a prominent Baghdadi Jewish merchant and philanthropist in colonial Bombay, housed in a Gothic Revival building completed in 1870. Its reading rooms and book collection have served Mumbai's literary and intellectual community for over 175 years, and the building remains a working library rather than a museum. Interior access is restricted to registered members, though the building's ornamented stone facade is a well-known Kala Ghoda landmark viewable at any time. It sits at the heart of the precinct that hosts the annual Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.