Original post 22 April 2020
Another architectural disaster from #BridgeRoadRichmond …… I was going to say that the Epworth demolished the left half of this, but no, seems it was always like this; and it was built in 1941 for Grynberg Drapers. So the disaster is just that it looks like parts been chopped off, cos the Epworth entry isn’t very sympathetic. And the graffiti. Hmmm maybe the building line actually steps in here? So a corner is exposed. Odd. And the building is very nice, curves and steps and a #portholewindow.
December 2025
Pleased to discover this cute little Deco facade on Bridge Road next to the Epworth is going to get restored as part of a new home for the hospitals nursing and midwifery school, the Brooke’s Academy. The Epworth bought it in 2022, but its sported that big graffiti since 2019. For a long time I thought the left half had been demolished, but no, seems it was always like this; and it was built in 1941 for Grynberg Drapers, with two flats upstairs, each accessed from inside each of the two shops.
Storey of Melbourne 