The refreshed 1937 #ArtDeco ceiling at the #PrinceOfWalesHotelStKilda looks great, especially now that the #suspendedceiling has been removed from the larger bar area; and all the original #tiledfloors are there, complete with missing bits, showing where the original bar was (it was narrower but longer) and the tiles in the new rear part are sympathetic – BUT the varnished timber panelling has not been returned like they promised ☹️ Just one wall of unvarnished ply, not as high as it was, around an unrestored fireplace.
Small bar before : 
18 June 2016:
The battered #artdeco #stair of the #princeofwaleshotel #stkilda, open to the street today. Looks different in daylight! Architect RHMcIntyre, 1937. Update : judging from a Google maps image, it’s been polished up.
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