Another old interest – #earlycinema buildings; lots survive, where the later grander ones didn’t, because they were often just slightly elaborated flat-floored halls, sometimes with windows ! They also tended to be thinly applied classical/baroque rather than typical Edwardian / early 20s. The first is La Scala, later the Broadway Theatre (such grand names) in #OrmondRoad #Elwood, built 1919, closed 1960, then a cabaret, since 2016 ‘warehousestyle’ apartments; the second is The Victory, #WattletreeRoad, #Malvern, now @Lincraft, built 1920, and closed in 1956. You can spot others, often large area stores or maybe function centres, many lately becoming apartments though.
Storey of Melbourne 