January 2026
The 2016 trend has just led me to this – the demolition of Dallas Brooks Hall in Albert Street. I’d pretty much forgotten about it, and don’t have and can’t find any good pics, except a the demo ones by @tristan_davies. Pic 3 is mine I think.
It was built in 1969, and designed by Godfrey Spowers in modern ‘classical’ style, but with the beam half way up and the curvey detached cornice thing, it just didn’t work. The 1968 National Library in Canberra is much better. The interiors here weren’t much either.
The @nationaltrustvic tried nominating to Heritage Victoria but they said no. The @cityofmelbourne weren’t interested either, though it had a long history as a place of important meetings and live music. It replaced the first big bluestone PLC, which had moved to Burwood. The hall was replaced by the huge glassy Eastbourne, completed 2019, which I havnt actually seen I now realise.
Storey of Melbourne 