In #HopeStreet #Brunswick, there’s this ! A #retorthouse, built for the #BrunswickGasWorks in 1891. This was the building in which the coke (a type of coal) was heated to produce the gas that went on to fire up street and domestic lights. It was designed by engineer Stephen Hutchison, big bold and simple in two colours of brickwork. One of only 2 left in Victoria, the other a much simpler later one in Bendigo. This site became the #LuxFoundry in 1906, then #CraigandSeeley in 1963, finally closing in 2001. Once industrial now #postindustrial, with cafe, offices, and native trees !
2023 : Oven ad and recent photo by Michelle Bartulovic, @art_dogs_architecture_gal on Instagram, which shows the trees now obscure the building, though the corner one has disappeared.
Storey of Melbourne 