Original post 23 February 2018: Rosenberg’s Shoes, probably one of the oldest businesses in the same shop in Melbourne (and oldest altogether, starting in 1903, though the 1894 Hopetoun Tearooms is older, current location from 1907), and definitely one of the prettiest most delightful #shopwindows in Melbourne. They’re now into the fourth generation running the … Continue reading Rosenberg’s Shoes, 65 Chapel Street Windsor →

Original post 23 Feb 2017: Nice #ArtDeco apartments, Powlett Street, #EastMelbourne. A Jennings, designer and builder, 1935. That was probably Arthur Jennings who went on to a house building empire, and his architect from about 1932 was Edgar Gurney, who did some great Moderne houses on the 1930s Jennings estates (amongst the much more numerous … Continue reading East Melbourne Art Deco →

Original post 23 Feb 2017: Canterbury Terrace, Powlett Street, #EastMelbourne, 1877-78, amongst Melbourne's longest terraces - 16 in all ! The central section has double level #arcaded #verandahs and there are simpler arcaded sections at each end, with #castironlace verandahs between, so it's not immediately obvious that it's all one building. No architect known, and … Continue reading Canterbury Terrace, East Melbourne →

27 March 2014: What was Le Louvre, exclusive dress shop, by #appointmentonly ! Run by mother then daughter for 70 years. Bought by #officetower developer, going to be part of #popup by the looks. Probably with big hole in side wall where matching terraces dem in the 70s. Built #1855, copper #shopfront 1927 and facade … Continue reading Le Louvre, Collins Street →

Original post 25 February 2021: Great pic of what was originally #BuckleyAndNunn (David Jones since 1988) next to Myer on the mall. They’d been around here since 1851 (!), then built themselves a grand new store in two stages, 1911-12. The architects Bates Peebles & Smart (late #BatesSmartMcCutcheon) just built the same thing twice, but … Continue reading Edwardian Baroque in Bourke Street →

24 February 2021: So stylish - the 1933 facade of Buckley & Nunn’s meanswear store, designed by #BatesSmartMcCutcheon, who had done the traditional style main building next door 22 years earlier. Lots of glass and chrome, terribly Modernistic for the time, and included great coloured faience panels up top depicted the modern gent playing golf, … Continue reading David Jones Deco →

Original post 23 February 2017: RepatriationClinic, #StKildaRd, #GeorgeHallendal, 1937. Built as an outpatients clinic, this is one of a series of army buildings, mostly drill halls, built at the time in Victoria. All designed by Hallendal, they are all variations of a brick #ArtDecoClassical style, some more classical, others more stylised (let's call it #Moderne). … Continue reading Repat clinic, St Kilda Road →

Original post 23 Feb 2021: A very interesting #housepair on Grey Street- built 1910, designer unknown, and built for Ann Godfrey as an investment. Some Dutch /QueenAnne #steppedgables and some almost #ArtNouveau #wrought-iron (which looks rather Robert Haddon). Unfortunately some poor repointing in one gable, on grey instead of beige ! Not sure who owns, … Continue reading Edwardian house pair, grey street St Kilda →

Original post 22 February 2020: This is a curious one - Georgian Court in George Street East Melbourne started life as a set of 1871 terraces, which was turned into 6 flats in 1928. It got a rather rustic Arts & Crafts look, designed by PJW Murfett, and only the cornice was left intact. But … Continue reading Georgian Court East Melbourne →

Original post 22 Feb 2016: Making a #curvaliscious impression in the gentle streetscape of suburban #hawthorn - the #GlenferrieOval, built 1938, designed by Stuart P Calder with Marsh and Michaelson. A landmark of #artdecomelbourne, or #streamlinedmoderne if you prefer, influenced by some of the more striking curved European #earlymodern designs, as much as by the … Continue reading Hawthorn Football Club grandstand →