Author: Rohan Storey
#BurnleyHorticulturalCollege, in beautiful grounds in Burnley, #Richmond, established in 1865, has a great centrepiece building by #PercyEverett, Chief Architect of the #PublicWorksDepartment, built in 1947. His post war work was pretty much the same as his pre war work, in his trademark Modern/ #Moderne, but a bit squarer and and simplified than before, eg all … Continue reading Burnley College, 1947, another Percy Everett.
It was a surprise coming to see this, didn’t know it loomed quite so much ! The building is now on its fourth life; built as the #WertheimPiano factory in 1909, designed by #NahumBarnet, it then became the Heinz canned soup factory in the 30s with little change, then in 1956 Melb’s first commercial #TVstation … Continue reading Channel 9 is now flats – Industrial conversion in Richmond
Curious workshop thing built into the slope next to the #FootscrayArtsCentre, once Henderson’s Piggery; apparently been here since the 30s, while Griffiths & Baird were toolmakers, here in the 1950s. Thanks to #melbournecircle blog for the info.
There’s a whole section of the middle of #StKildaRoad that’s just ...empty - due to the woks for the #MelbourneMetroTunnel at #DomainInterchange.
O dear this #smokehaze is scary ! Didn’t realise it was this bad. Only other time I remember this happening was Ash Wednesday in 1983, and that was just one day or horrifying #bushfires, which burnt 3/4 mill hectares, destroying 100s of houses, including my family holiday house at Fairhaven; it took a good 10 … Continue reading Smoke Haze, 3 January 2019.
The new Cato Square in #Prahran - I think it suffers from the #publicplaza design problem of trying to cater for too much stuff, ending up reliant on programmed events, a bit like FedSq - also from the odd decision to make the whole thing semi-enclosed, with three raised sides, and a cafe (not yet … Continue reading What should a new civic plaza be like ?
The amphitheater like design of #CatoSquare means the sides are raised and does feel like it’s turned it’s back on the surrounding streets, an odd decision, the #IzettStreet side is a black wall, the #sprinklervalves had to go somewhere, but ??? On the other side the walls are glass lighting up the carpark, but that’s … Continue reading Blank walls at Cato Square
This #bandstand in the #GrattanGardens in #Prahran was built in ... nobody knows, just ‘late 19th century’. Very interesting #castiron, almost #MoorishStyle, from the Alhambra, but the #corrugatediron roof rather detracts from the elegance, though it was at least originally green. It’s been moved a couple of times, in the process lost the balustrades (pic … Continue reading Exotic cast iron bandstand in Prahran
The refurbished #QueensHall at the #StateLibraryVictoria looks amazing, all that delicate plaster detail highlighted by pale paint, and the fabbo #fishscale #skylights reinstated; hard to believe it’s been 16 years since it closed (due to fire risk/exits), and what a change from the 1970s green and cream scheme. It now looks much as it did … Continue reading Queen Hall at the State Library looks lovely
Pleased to see the refurbished and reopened #QueensHall at the #StateLibraryVictoria has the original furniture! Which I now see are at least 3 different designs, but all nicely old, varnished and worn. complete with old graffiti. They're on the sides when they used to be all in the middle, with book stacks on the sides- … Continue reading Queens Hall at the State Library has some great old furniture, and lots of empty space.
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
