April 2026 A wander through the side streets of Richmond Hill from Bridge Road to Hoddle Street - I was surprised there were so many narrow streets lined with pretty small single storey Victorian and Edwardian timber cottages, prettily picturesque in parts. Also surprised that Lennox Street at the top of the hill has larger … Continue reading →

April 2026 Dogs in Space house - any of you who came of age in the 70s/80s like me would know what this is - the movie was a pretty big deal in 1986 ! It was filmed here, 18 Berry Street Richmond, just off Bridge Road. I actually remember seeing the lights and activity … Continue reading Dogs in Space house →

May 2026 I do think this one is too big - the proposed redevelopment of the rather ugly Cosmopolitan Motel on Carlisle Street St Kilda, opposite the Galleon. The problem is the rather long frontage combined with the height - 3 tall floors then 3 more with a tiny setback - plus being built right … Continue reading Big hotel for St Kilda →

April 2026 Random horrifying image - a thought bubble from 1958 by the Housing Commission for a comprehensive redevelopment of the entire section of Carton between the Exhibition Buildings and Elgin Street. Even though not classed as ‘slums’. In the end they only did the bottom left corner on the other side of Elgin, the … Continue reading Bullet dodged. →

April 2026 Whizzing down Dandenong Road just after Chapel Street, you pass the walled-in Presentation College, which I’d never stopped to look at. It was put up for sale last year, and sold last month to Pace Developments for a residential project - it’s listed by the City of Stonnington, but not including the later … Continue reading Presentation College Windsor →

April 2026 Windsor Primary School looking fine in the afternoon sun. It’s down Hornby Street, a narrow side street, but you can glimpse it from Dandenong Road. First built as Prahran South in 1877, so within the first five years of school building after compulsory education was introduced in 1873. It’s polychrome brick Gothic, as … Continue reading Windsor State School →

April 2026 Happened to go past the 1970s Housing Commission tower on the corner of Highett and Belgium Streets Richmond, which is coming down soon, with renters being relocated now. It’s a standalone tower, though attached to the huge four tower Richmond Estate on Elizabeth Street where the walk-ups are being demolished now. It’s got … Continue reading Richmond tower to go →

April 2026 The roof of the Richmond Baths is pretty amazing, like a zeppelin hanger ! (Pics 1-4 not mine). It was built in 1936, not sure why such an extravagant roof, but it was the first Olympic sized pool in Melbourne with a roof. The frontage is very restrained by comparison, in red brick … Continue reading Richmond Baths →

April 2026 Very stylish factory out west in Tottenham that came up on Facebook as a magazine article from 1940, which got responses that it was still there ! Though somewhat altered. It was designed by Stuart P Calder with Reid & Pearson, best known for Moderne classics McPhersons in Collins Street and the Hawthorn … Continue reading Natty factory →

April 2026 This funny little garage possibly 1930s on Church Street Richmond cnr of Highett takes up only a third of the site. Probably it was a service station originally, but lost the pumps, and since 1962 it’s been CQ Auto Electrics, still going strong, even though there’s only room for like two cars at … Continue reading Old servo, Richmond →