Mereen and Alton, #BurnettStreetStKilda, another case of 30s flats both with side gardens facing each other, virtually shared, presumably one came first the other followed, nice idea. I lived in the top middle of Alton in the early 90s the only drawback was you could pretty much see straight into the opposite lounge rooms. Exact … Continue reading Mereen and Alton, St Kilda →

This towered mansion on the top of the St Kilda hill looks a little run down, not to mention hemmed in by traffic at the corner of Princes and Barkly Streets. Called Liverpool, it was built in 1889 for estate agent Nathaniel Levi, named after his home town. He was the first Jewish MP in … Continue reading Liverpool, St Kilda hill, 1889 →

😮 repost 2015 : A c1972 proposed government office building just after they had purchased #tasmaterrace, and intended to #demolish it. The Catholic Ladies College and Unitarian Church behind Tasma had just been demolished, and so had St Patrick’s College behind the Cathedral - which it would have totally it would have dominated even the … Continue reading Tasma Terrace almost demolished →

Repost this day 2018: The house I grew up in, 58 Broadway, Camberwell. That was my attic bedroom window. A street of all Edwardian villas developed between 1900 and 1915, only one 30s house, now replaced. Leafy eastern suburbs, I guess I didn’t realise how privileged we were but back then, it was just an … Continue reading 58 Broadway Camberwell →

5 August 2021 Park Mansions, #ParkStreetSouthYarra, one of the earliest flat developments in Melbourne - I think - can’t find out much for certain! Earliest ads are from 1913, which makes it 3 years after #FawknerMasions, the oldest extant flats - but it seems it was more like a boarding house, with rooms and suites … Continue reading Park Mansions, 1913 →

Repost this day 2018, then two from a couple of weeks ago (all very edited): The #AssemblyHall was built in 1915, next to #ScotsChurch, designed by #HHKemp in a suitably Gothic style, complete with tower, to complement the 1874 church. It includes a hall for the ‘assembly’ of the Scots Church, and I’m sure rented … Continue reading Assembly Hall, 1915 →

This stylish thing on #DomainRoadSouthYarra caught my eye- such thin concrete edges, and slim balcony framing, much finer detailing than you normally see. Turns out it’s a luxury boutique hotel called United Places, designed by @carr_au, opened in 2018. First two photos mine, rest from various reviews and websites - I quite like the black … Continue reading Fine modernist revival, Domain Road, 2018 →

The Tilba, on #ToorakRoadWest in #SouthYarra, a great essay in the QueenAnne/Edwardian love of corners, with a complete tower and open belvedere turret. Built in 1907, the architect was William H Webb, and it seems to have become a private hotel / guest house rather than a family home, a function it maintained until 2006 … Continue reading Tilba, Toorak Road West, 1907 →

August 2021 The Adderley, a delightful turreted corner shop (and 1st floor residence) dominating what was once called Elwood Junction, where Broadway, Glenhuntly and Ormond Roads meet. It was built in 1921, and designed by #NahumBarnet (he got around !). Across the corner there was another striking building, the Maison Deluxe Dance Palais; these and … Continue reading Elwood Junction →