Original post 23 October 2019 So many nice things spotted behind gardens on my walk to the beach. #stkildalife. Like this one, Aston Court, in #AclandStreet, created in 1926 EJ & CL Ruck - by transforming a Victorian house, keeping the huge front garden. These photos are from a 2016 sale ad, it sold for … Continue reading Spanish style in St Kilda, Aston Court, Acland Street →

27 September 2016 but photos 2024: Lyric House was built as the home of Wertheim’s, Australia’s largest purveyor of pianos - most were manufactured in their Richmond factory, the building that later became #Channel9. This image from the RVIA journal Sept 1931 (looks rather retouched), shows the base which includes great sculpted terracotta figures of … Continue reading Wertheim shopfront, Lyric House, Collins Street, 1931 →

Original post 17 February 2020 I’m going to have to change my title for upper elizabeth street from #fivestepsisters to #sixstepsisters - the next one in the gap between 1 & 2 is under construction- annoyingly it’s only 55 levels, much shorter than the 65-75 of the other towers - apparently it was ‘too tall’ … Continue reading The Step Sisters of Elizabeth Street →

Original post 16 February 2020 Pretty sure this yellow is isn’t an actual #VictorianColour, but I like how bold it is, better than just light cream, which def wasn’t. Also there’s that great interlinked circles pattern in the #castironlace again, I can see why it was popular. This #VictorianTerrace stood out, firstly no parapet, lots … Continue reading Some terraces in Coventry Street South Melbourne →

The refreshed 1937 #ArtDeco ceiling at the #PrinceOfWalesHotelStKilda looks great, especially now that the #suspendedceiling has been removed from the larger bar area; and all the original #tiledfloors are there, complete with missing bits, showing where the original bar was (it was narrower but longer) and the tiles in the new rear part are sympathetic … Continue reading The Prince St Kilda bar – part restored part demolished →

Original post 25 October 2019 #AlbertParkRailwayStation built 1889; in 1989 and now. When the #StKildaRailwayLine was converted to #lightrail, it was easier to build new low platforms, and to leave out the old stations. Which eventually got repurposed, which involved filling in the platforms with walls in #corrugatediron which looked ok for a while, but … Continue reading Albert Park Railway Station, 1889 →

26 October 2017 Lyon Court, a most unusual block of #StKildaFlats in Jackson Street nr Acland. Designer unknown. Port Phillip heritage study says c1920, but I'd say later; found some adds for flats to rent here in 1927, so bet it was built then. It has elements that can be traced back to the 1890s … Continue reading Prairie style in St Kilda →

First published 16 February 2020 The #RoyalAustralasianCollegeOfSurgeons sits on a nice triangular site all its own in Spring Street, completed 1935, designed by #IrwinAndStephenson - in a style unique to Melbs and maybe Australia, prob best fits as #NordicClassicism, characteristic by very stripped, refined, attenuated proportions. The most clear inspiration I could find was a … Continue reading College of Surgeons, 1930s attenuated classicism →

Original post 22 October 2019 Vermont Terrace, #AlbertPark, 1885; a rather classical design for that date, instead of the typical 1880s boom style eclecticism, maybe trying to look like a great big house, featuring a fine large #pediment, flanked by simple balustrades (prob missing urns) atop partly walls that are designed like #pilasters on a … Continue reading Thee terraces like one big house (almost), Albert Park, 1885 →

Original post 27 October 2019 Why have one #pediment when you can have three? #StVincenPlace, #AlbertPark.