7 July 2014
I pass this place every other day on the way to the supermarket, cnr Fitzroy & Argyle Streets, Fitzroy. It’s going to be redeveloped, fortunately not by #facadism ! Left more or less as is, with an extension to one side for aus vollees intnl. Anyway theres a heritage report so I can tell you that it was built in c1891 as Colbath’s Incomparable Boot and Shoe Company, ie a #shoefactory. Lovely brickwork.
Update 2024: think it was sold, anyway no surprise it ended up being facaded, with 7 levels of flats, designed by @jcbarchitects, completed 2021. They rebuilt some of the side walls so it looks like a complete building again, but none of the original timber framed interior left. At least they didn’t squeeze three floors behind the two storey facade, but too much black going on.
Storey of Melbourne 