5 October 2020
Photos August 2018
The old #ABCstudios in Selwyn Street #Elsternwick that’s proposed to be demolished is a rather quirky bit of #postmodernism, by @armarchitecture, 1993 – channeling 60s brown brick factories, either side of a 50s style one (or maybe that part is an old factory).
The proposal is rather huge, though there are two things nearby just as tall, in this case there’s 2 of them on one block, but on the other other hand it’s right near #ElsternwickRailwayStation. It’s perfectly understandable that the locals are opposed, any thing that’s so big in an area that’s mainly 1 and 2 storeys, and facing a street of old houses, is going to look somehow just wrong, but I don’t think traffic is really the issue every one always thinks it will be. But on the other other other hand 4 or 5 storeys would be fine. Then the old #ElsternwickFireStation wouldn’t be quite so dominated.
Storey of Melbourne 
There’s a few interesting touches to this building – Atlas holding the world on the Sinclair Street side, and you can make out through the main foyer the ABC logo repeatedly embossed in the wall. Even for the 90’s, it still held reverence for the making of television.
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Oh I missed seeing the atlas ! Possibly demolished already ….
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