Original post 3 January 2018:

#YoungandJacksons, the most famous #melbournepub. Restored in the 1990s to the colour scheme of the 1920s, that pinky #beige with #eaudenil details, kinda funny looking, but I like it. That period was chosen because that was the last major historic change to a place which is an amalgam of many periods. It’s a remarkable survivor, starting off as a warehouse built in 1853, becoming the #PrincesBridgeHotel in 1861 (last pic) then taken over by Mr Young and Mr Jackson who unusually named it after themselves (though many pubs were known as so and sos railway hotel, so maybe the unusual part is their names stuck). They gradually added the equally old warehouses down Flinders Street, the arches and parapet are 1880s, and the tiles are Edwardian, as is the Swanston Street extension. Love the gold lettering.

25 November 2017:

The expanding and shrinking signage on Young & Jackson’s. Y&Js is a truly iconic place in Melbourne, and in fact one of the oldest, right on possibly the most important intersection of the city. The building dates from 1853, its been a pub since 1861, Y&J’s since 1875, and its had advertising signage from at least the 1920s; they grew larger and more numerous until it was virtually covered billboards and neon signs between the 1960s-1980s, gradually reduced down to the current LED sign, built 10 years ago. Photos go back in time – 2017, c2000, c1980, 1967, 1950s, c1940. I guess it’s better without any signs, the current one is so bright !, though the old neon signs had a certain charm.

31 January 2018:

Chloe, once the most famous nude in #Melbourne, hanging at #YoungandJacksons since 1909. Painted in Paris 1875 by Jules Lefabvre, she’s supposed to be a water nymph of that name (but has very late 19thC hair imho). Exhibited here at the #InternationalExhibition in 1880, then bought by the #RoyalMelborneHospital surgeon Dr Fitzgerald, who loaned her to the #NationalGalleryVictoria in 1883, where it caused quite a stir, so he took her back. When he died in 1908, she was bought by Mr Young, and she’s hung in the pub ever since. For most of the20thC she was in the male- only #Chloesbar, since the 90s she’s been upstairs in the bistro. Love the scrolled #nameplate. 3rd is her causing affront, and last is her being enjoyed c1972.

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