Original post 10 March 2020 The Belvedere, #UpperEsplanade, #StKilda, if I had the $, maybe ...(though hardly ever for sale). Built 1928, designed by the prolific #WHMerritt, one of Melbs best certainly most prominent examples of what we now call #SpanishMission, via Hollywood. The have or did have or some have amazing bathrooms with the … Continue reading Spanish style on the Upper Esplanade →

Original post 10 March 2020 Not everything built in the 1930s is delightful Art Deco. This is in #GreyStreetStKilda. No detailing whatsoever, just one curve but no streamlining, in fact the rectangular #steelframedwindows with expressed lintels is a bit like a factory. This block might be by #GeorgeJohnston who was known for doing many rather … Continue reading Uninteresting Art Deco →

Original post 15 October 2019 I’m quite surprised to see that the stepping back then forward again, normally a no-no, works in this case- prob because it’s such a high gap, and effectively puts the tower above the National Bank next door, plus the stepped levels are very plain, just background. The setback is 6m … Continue reading Too shiny on Collins Street; but the setbacks work. →

9 March 2020 Built in 1908, this impressive block isn’t your usual shop downstairs and shopkeepers house upstairs; there’s a huge space upstairs too with big timber trusses, all I could find was that it was built as a drapers, so I guess it was like a big two level store full of stuff. There’s … Continue reading Larger than average shops, Bridge Road Richmond →

Original post 9 March 2020 Very elaborate #highvictorian #shoptop in #BayStreetBrighton.

Original post 8 March 2020 Architecturally not that notable old pub, though rather elaborate and intact, the #SpreadEagleHotel in #BridgeRoadRichmond is distinguished by it’s delightful pale yellow and white colour scheme, and the name - always thought rather odd, but seems in the 19thC it meant an Eagle with out-spread wings, like on many crests, … Continue reading Spread Eagle Hotel, 1885 →

Original post 8 March 2020 ‘Three two storey shops’, in #BridgeRoadRichmond, 1887, designed by the prolific #JohnBeswicke. (also part of a great row of interesting and elaborate shops). A book published a few years ago by Beswicke’s grandson (who’s about 90) was based on family papers kept all this time, showing he designed at least … Continue reading John Beswicke on Bridge Road, 1887 →

Original post 16 October 2019 One good thing about the #CollinsHouse high rise, in Oder to gat a larger floor area by cantilevering they bought the #aireights above the 1939 #NationalBankWesternHouse, so it’s protected from any kind of high rise redevelopment in the future. Built 1939-40, and designed by #MeldrumandNoad, it’s pretty severe #strippedclassical, all … Continue reading National Bank Western House 1939 →

Original post 16 October 2019 Interesting #roofscape of some Edwardian #SwanstonStreet shops seen from #TheEmporium. Huge #parapets.

Original post 6 March 2020 It pays to look up sometimes ! Spotted on #BridgeRoadRichmond, some #highvictorian deliciousness, everything scrolled and curly, lady faces in the #pediments, and a great serrated explosion of an #acroterion on top ! And all in green. Original post 13 May 2020 A shot from just ‘before’, interesting shops on … Continue reading Shop tops, Bridge Road, Richmond →