Original post 14 October 2020 Someone sent me a photo of the poor abandoned warehouse on the left from above showing it without the roof - but I can’t find it now ... again please ? Also looking back at the council report from 2016 about this, I’m even more annoyed that the owners were … Continue reading Not a great replacement in Crossley Lane →

Original post 14 October 2019 #Demolition pending ! The very stylish, severe, minimalist, Scottish Amicable on Queen Street, #YunckenFreeman, 1965, which has only just got permanent heritage protection, is proposed to be demolished !! Planning docs for the new tower quotes an engineer's report (which has been peer reviewed) which says the facade is 'in … Continue reading Scottish Amicable to be demolished 😢 →

Original post 19 March 2020 This is great, but I didn’t get the artist or date. I like the setting particularly- a lot of the sculptures just feel plonked on concrete pads or plinths -but this is nice, the flowing lines feeling like water. #McClellandSculpturePark. Update : Douglas Stephens #Pisces, 1983 (it looks very 60s!).

Original post 19 March 2020 For some reason this is the thing I most wanted to see at #McClellandSculpturePark - it’s a giant screen, made by #LentonParr for the Customs House office block on the corner of William Street and Flinders Street in 1967 - and it’s great ! Placed where it has a strong … Continue reading Lenton Parr screen, rough and huge ! →

Original post 16 March 2020: Frankston Primary School; two stages, both by #PercyEverett, Chief Architect of the #PublicWorksDepartment, and very characteristic, with that horizontal sunshade running all round and through vertical windows, and two tones of brick plus render. I thought the two storey end looked like maybe a good attempt to copy his style … Continue reading Frankston Primary, 1889, 1938 + 1945. →

Original post 13 October 2019 The #elmtrees in #StVincentPlace, #AlbertPark are still bare, so I got some good shots ! When you build a #terracehouse, but you really want a tower too ! Don’t know date or architect but prob 1880s, when there’s wee popular. Interesting that the front door is kind of hidden down … Continue reading St Vincent Place, Albert Park, late winter. →

Original post 15 October 2019 Here’s what I said last time I snapped this one a year ago : #RochesterTerrace, by far the grandest row of terraces ever built in #Melbourne, a row of 10 looking a bit like an elongated #Palladian mansion. Designed by Charles Boykett, who I’ve never heard of, but he did … Continue reading Rochester Terrace, St Vincent Place, 1869 + 1879 →

15 March 2020 This extraordinary elevation is the 1885 competition entry by #WilliamPitt for the proposed Federal Coffee Palace on the corner of Collins & King Streets. It’s a framed watercolour presumably by Pitt, with beautiful details, including the people, flag, etc. But I can see why he didn’t win, I mean it looks like … Continue reading Federal Coffee Palace, gone but certainly not forgotten →

Original post 15 October 2019 The facade of the 1908 #HuddartParker shipping co by #CharlesDEbro at 466 #CollinsStreet has been restored rather well - all the window frames lost at ground level have been reinstated (in #bluestone!), while also swapping the door to the uphill side to achieve level access; the only thing missing is … Continue reading A facade and a rebuilt interior – Huddart Parker, Collins Street →

14 December 2018 Who doesn’t ❤️ the #TramShelters about town ? This one on #StKildaRoad at #CommercialRoad was first built in 1915, designed by #LJFlannagan, for the #PrahranAndMalvernTramswaysTrust, one of the many municipal #ElectricTram systems that added to the Cable Tram system into the suburbs quite rapidly between 1906-1919. A bit surprised to read this  … Continue reading Tram Shelters, St Kilda Road, 1915 →