Original post 19 February 2019:
Nearly all the shops in #RipponleaVillage on Glen Eira Rd were built 1912-1920, so they’re all a similar style, red brick Edwardian with some #ArtsandCrafts leaning. They’re mostly plain, but there’s a few standouts, like the corner number, 1st pic, very #EdwardianFreestyle, from 1918, architect Arthur Plaisted, the arched one next door, and the nice #clinkerbrick one next to that. The other (north) side, pic 3, has 3 rows of 6 that are very plain, all by designer /builder JR Daley.
The #RipponleaVillage includes this great set of 6 intact #shopfronts; they look 30s to me, much later than the Edwardian buildings themselves. Love the colours – who would think of combining cream orange and black these days ? @ Ripponlea, Victoria
Storey of Melbourne 
Surely that run of shopfronts in Ripponlea must be in the running for the ugliest, most gloomy and most unloved in the area. I suspect even when new they looked uninspired and unwelcoming.
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Yes there is rather a lot of plain red brick.
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