2 April 2021 A big house on a small site on #FerrarsPlace, #SouthMelbourne, built in 1901, originally called ‘#Arrou’, and designed by #WilliamSalway, in a pretty usually style. It basically #Edwardian style, with the red brick and that single large terra cotta, bit there’s many unusual details - the classical bits are quite QueenAnne, like … Continue reading Unusual Edwardian house, South Melbourne (with some Australian Ballet history). →

Witty ad for the #StateBankofVictoria way up the blank side of their c1960 office block on #SwanstonStreet on the corner of Little Bourke. The watch was a working clock which is still there ! (not working though). There’s a fuss right now about #VCAT approving some kind of projected ad here over the objections of … Continue reading Swanston Street clock was a State Bank ad ! →

A very curious house in #RaglanStreet #SouthMelbourne, which is also a bit #wonky; perhaps 1850s #goldrush period, being built right on the street and simple classical details. Perhaps lost a bit of parapet.

I do love the complicated bolted timber structure of these #railwayfootbridge-s; this one’s at #HamptonStation. No idea of date, could be 1880s or 1900s.

The #AppleStore at #FederationSquare is off ! I didn’t think the #heritagelisting idea would work but it did ! The Minister could have intervened but didn’t, phew! And they never actually showed us what it would look like from within the square, only this ghostly image from just off the riverside walk. Great work @ourfedsquare … Continue reading We Won ! no Apple Store in Fed Sq ! →

So #WestgateParkLake has been pink for two months ! A bit of a #touristattraction, sort of #disastertourism, cos it’s only pink because of low rainfall and algae in a #saltlake environment, though not really a disaster I guess since the lake is #manmade anyway. #WestgatePark was first established in 1985 on the #WestgateBridge works site … Continue reading Pink Lake Westgate Park →