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Historians say
OVER 125 BUILDINGS from the 1920s onward, planned to W. R. DAVIDGE's designs — cinemas, commercial and residential blocks. Built on land created by the BACKBAY RECLAMATION SCHEME, along with the Marine Drive sea front. UNESCO calls the style INDO-DECO.