Repost 2018: Finally got to see inside #SacredHeartStKilda, #JosephReedArchitect; surprisingly only the front part of the nave built in 1884, the side aisles and the altar end added in 1922 (after a fire- must’ve been short and tall looking !), but reportedly completing the Reed design (certainly the sides match the front perfectly). The Reed … Continue reading Sacred Heart St Kilda →

28 July 2018: The #EsplanadeVaults: Having known there were ex-shops under the #UpperEsplanade for like 30 years, finally seen them, thanks #OpenHouseMelbourne. Built 1891 when the Esplanade was rebuilt to carry #cabletrams, these 10 shops did fine until increasing traffic on the #LowerEsplanade led to removing the verandahs in the 50s and finally bricking them … Continue reading Esplanade Vaults →

July 2021 Nice block of #ArtDecoflats in Park Street South Yarra, built 1936. Can’t find the architect, but then it’s nice rather than really interesting- great wrought iron front gate-door, though probably not original. Seems like single owner until 2014, when sold for $4.4m, though as a set of six titles. Only rented since then. … Continue reading Deco flats Park Street South Yarra →

27 July 2021, updated : Kia Ora, #StKildaRoad, one of those places you know from the tram, a big set of #ArtDecoFlats, built 1936/37 in two stages (replacing a 19thC mansion and the house next door, only 12 years old). Designed by Lewis Levy in a smart streamlined mode, but most interestingly, the 60 flats … Continue reading Kia Ora, St Kilda Road →

3 October 2024 I first posted the amazing interior of the 1996 Paramount Centre in Bourke Street in 2015 on Instagram then again in 2019, finding new delight in it. Now an updated post because other people now like it too - @memo_review has just published an article on it, a testament to the questions … Continue reading Paramount Postmodernism on Bourke Street →

17 September 2025 The thing about Park Street South Yarra is that there’s so much great stuff, and it’s pretty much all 1880s to 1930s, no more than three floors, and tightly packed too, so it feels very urban. The east side must have been some kind of hill, so there’s a lot of stair … Continue reading Park Street, South Yarra →

Repost 2019: The #cabletram #enginehouse on the corner of Nicholson & Gertrude Street, with that cute but rather precarious corner oriel/tower room, a #signalcabin, where a man must’ve sat for hours making sure the Clifton Hill trams went round the corner, and the North Fitzroy trams went straight ahead. Required skill and timing since the … Continue reading Cable Tram Engine House Fitzroy →

9 June 2024 #Peeking out behind some magnificent Lemon Scented Gums is #Torloisk, an 1883 #RenaissanceRevival #MelbourneMansion squeezed onto a relatively small corner block in that bit of #EastMelbourne on the south side of Wellington Pde, near Hoddle. It addresses both streets and especially the corner, and unusually its three floors, ending up rather vertical. … Continue reading Torloisk, Jolimont →

Repost 2018: I took a snap, and it matches ! I guess an obvious spot. A favourite postcard view since the #ManchesterUnityBuilding was completed in 1932. The Town Hall #clocktower was completed 60 years earlier in 1872. 1930s193419501950s

26 July 2021 A fine bit of #latemodernism, probably early 1980s, just slick aluminium panels and mirror glass windows. I think if it was in the CBD, it would be better known and appreciated, but here in B class office land, you just go past. No 468. Photos 2025 2021 2021 I kind of admired … Continue reading Late Modern in St Kilda Road →