5 November 2020
My favourite now lost #terracehouses from ‘Early Melbourne Architecture’, by Maie Casey, published 1953 – the first book to see Melbourne’s architectural heritage as worthy. The first one is so Regency, at 20 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, replaced by some 70s townhouses; the Neoclassical one was in Nicholson Street Fitzroy replaced by one of the 70s additions to St Vincent’s; the one with the urns was on Albert Street East Melbourne near Lansdowne replaced by a 60s office block; then a very cute house at 171 Bank Street, South Melbourne, now an office block; then a delightful early Victorian shop at 58 Toorak Road, replaced long ago. The last one is actually still there at 116 Wellington Parade East Melbourne, but so many trees you can hardly see it’s grand ‘giant order’ pilasters.
Storey of Melbourne 