August 2026 Milton House 1883, cnr #FitzroyStreetStKilda and Grey Street. It was done over in 2022, and Ive been waiting for the sign for the co-working spaces to go, but still there, so here it is. They took off the roof and added mansards, which is annoying, l mean just leave it alone ! Though … Continue reading Milton House, St Kilda →

Original post 28 March 2020 This really sticks out in #GreyStreetStKilda, but without that late 80s/90s thing on top, it’s very plain, or is it avant-garde #Moderne 1930s ? Nope probably 1950s retro, I had thought maybe by #MordechaiBenshemesh, who did the similar #BurnettLodge round the corner in 1955, and it might be, but could … Continue reading Maybe Mordecai Benshemesh, maybe not →

The #VictorianPrideCentre is shooting up ! Another floor since Feb. That’s the top floor, but the arches are going to be oval openings ultimately. Going to be interesting! 16 February 2020

Original post 28 March 2020 A rather interesting row of four late Edwardian houses in Queens Parade, Clifton Hill, all built the saga tone I expect. Some leaning toward the emerging Bungalow styles, and one that looks like a little block of flats ! Last night be once a dentist. plans of no 3

Original post 26 March 2020 Cnr Queens Parade and Rushall Crescent North Fitzroy- built as the #NorthcoteArmsHotel in 1853-4, by Wharton & Burns (presumably #GeorgeWharton). Very #ColonialMelbourne, so much finely worked bluestone (but gold rush prices perhaps meant they couldn’t afford it to be entirely in stone). The owner died just before it opened when … Continue reading Ex pub in Queens Parade →

Original post 24 March 2020 Edmaro, on #FitzroyStreetStKilda, is a finely detailed bit of #GeorgianRevival with a Mediterranean feel, this thin variegated #tapestrybricks giving it more texture than actual Georgian. 1930s, mo architect. I had a freind who lived there once I think, from memory it was a house-sized flat.

Original post 25 March 2020 Photo 3 December 2019 Love the crazy little building near the #QueenVictoriaMarket, but don’t know much about it - obviously 50s or early 60s, but that’s it. Update: it’s 1965, built for #GlobeTyres, architect not known. Old photo, Karl Halla, 1960s. Interior was a bar in the late 90s designed … Continue reading Globe Tyres, 1965 →

Original post 25 March 2020 During the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-19 in Australia, face masks were compulsory for a while ! And so many things sound the same - first international quarantine, then the states ignored the federal govt, went their own ways, abd closed their borders “as naturally the clean States could not … Continue reading Spanish Flu in Australia, 1919 →

Original post 25 March 2020 #Shrublands in Canterbury is for sale ! I don’t normally post just real estate pics, but it’s interesting that sometimes an owner goes completely gaga and makes a place more elaborate than it was originally! Built 1863, with probably the first double storey columned loggia in Vic, designed by #JohnFlannagan … Continue reading Shrublands, Canterbury, no expense spared →