Original post 9 August 2020 Photo 8 July Morley’s Coal Depot, 1872, architect George Brown. At the end of #baystreetportmelbourne, its surprisingly very intact ! Even the interior heavy timber roof framing. I guess Port Melb didn’t start to get gentrified till the 80s, and it was already #heritagelisted by then. The #townpier was at … Continue reading Morleys Coal Depot, Port Melbourne, 1872 →

Original post 9 August 2020 Beaut house by #BernardSlawik in #LabassaGrove #NorthCaulfield is up for rent ! For only$650/week. I took this photo just on a year ago not knowing anything about it, now it’s recommended or heritage listing yay ! Here’s what I said about it then : This house by #BernardSlawik and built … Continue reading Caulfield Modern 1 – Bernard Slawik, 1964. →

Original post 6 August 2020 Another bit of #hiddenstkilda, in Barkly Street- this was built in 1867 as the Hofwyl Academy private #boysschool, designed by architects #CrouchAndWilson. It lasted right into perhaps the 1920s, then in the late 30s, it was turned into flats, and a new block of flats plonked on the street right … Continue reading Hofwyl Boys School →

Original post 7 August 2020 Another one of the #grandterraces in Dalgety Street, St Kilda, and very early too, 1857. It's called Eden Terrace, not because it’s paradise but the developers name was Thomas Eden. The architect was John Felix Mathews. Apparently built without verandahs, just stairs up to the front doors, but it also … Continue reading Eden Terrace, St Kilda, 1858 →

Original post 31 July 2020 All photos older or not mine Very glad to see that #RoyalMailHouse is on the list of postwar places in the #HoddleGridHeritageReview Stage 2; completed in 1963 it was designed by #DGraemeLumsden, and its the most #opart office block in the city - still looks good despite having lost the … Continue reading Heritage listing for some of my fave modernist office blocks ! →

Original post 1 August 2020 Always worth another shot ! The laughing face of #MrMoon at #LunaPark; created 1912, which is a long time ago now, and reproduced in fibreglass in 1999 which is what we see now. The broken remains of the original, made out of cement on chicken wire, which had been repaired … Continue reading Luna Park, still smiling →

Original post 2 August 2020 Always wondered why this little building on the far end of Flinders Street (sadly demolished in 2014 for another tower of hotel/ apartments) advertised a fish importers - then, reading a history of Melbourne's fish markets, which notes that by the mid 20thC the various businesses had store rooms and … Continue reading Baltic Imports, Flinders Street, demolished →

4 August 2020 #RitzMansions was built in 1927, designed by #ErnestHLong, and its that very rare thing in Melbs, and apartment block built on the street, with shops at front level, and tall enough for a lift - in fact prewar only a few apartment buildings had a lift, such as Alcaston House in the … Continue reading Ritz Mansions, St Kilda, 1927 →

Original post 3 August 2020 Not my photo - because in my photos taken from the lane (2-3) you can’t see much - this is the slightly famous #DalgetyLane #coachhouse in #StKilda, built for the large very early terrace I posted not long ago at 37 #DalgetyStreet, which for some reason had a block 5 … Continue reading Old coach house, Dalgety Lane, St Kilda →

Original post 29 July 2020 Strathmore on #fitzroystreetstkilda is a nice bit of interwar #SpanishMission, don’t know the date or architect but I do know that it’s built on the front garden of a #VictorianHouse of the same name built in 1881-2, one of four in a row all similar all built at the same … Continue reading Strathmore, Fitzroy Street, 1931 hiding 1881. →