Original post 10 April 2020 In 2011 I worked on the Lost! app for the @nationaltrustvic, 100 places in the #MelbCBD dem since the 50s - it’s now inactive, but I’ve got sooo many photos, here’s a few of the smaller lesser known ones; Regency style house, 1850s, William Street Nth West cnr Little Lon, … Continue reading Lost Melbourne, CBD
Original post 10 April 2020 Rearing up in the middle of the otherwise low scale suburban #RobeStreetStKilda is this idiosyncratic pile. It was created in c1920 by rebuilding the Star & Garter Hotel, which was delicensed in 1919; the conversion was designed by AV Gillespie. The hotel was originally a three storey 5 bay thing … Continue reading Windsor Court, Robe Street, a converted pub.
Original post 9 April 2020 When I first saw a photo of this I was like OMG what a feast ! Delicious ! It seems like most of the really OTT #highvictorian things were lost on the 1950s-60s, and this was right up there ! The #PemierPermanent Building Society, on #CollinsStreet south side just down … Continue reading Premier Permanent, Collins Street, 1887, not so permanent.
Original post 6 April 2020 Photo 11 March This curious tower thing at #MelbourneUniversity is a remnant of an even more curious c1875 octagonal #greenhouse, which was the centrepoint of the #systemgarden, laid out in 1856; a system garden is essentially a botanical sampler. It was originally about 7.5 hectares, only 2 are left now, … Continue reading System Garden, Melbourne University
8 April 2020 Anywhere else and the elaborate #VictorianShop on the right would be a stand out, but next to the other big things at the corner of #FitzroyStreetStKilda and Grey Street, and with a huge sign on top, it gets overlooked. The style is very #highvictorian, so prob 1888-1891, other than that I don’t … Continue reading High Victorian on Fitzroy Street
Original post 5 April 2020 Photos 20 September 2019 Another case of did you know ? that the lobby of the #HotelWindsor isn’t exactly what it seems - it’s an early 1980s version of what was there in the 1880s. The lobby was originally quite small, even grand hotels of the 1880s didn’t always have … Continue reading Windsor Hotel, recreation (not quite)
Original post 6 April 2020 In the late 1970s-80s, after the idea of putting the Museum of Victoria here or building a world trade centre was rejected, all the buildings of the #QueenVictoriaMarket were restored, including rebuilding the verandahs on these 1887 shops on Victoria Street in 1988. Lovely. Note the original #victorianshopfronts were all … Continue reading Queen Vic Market verandah restoration, 1988
Original post 11 October 2019 Great Victorian corner shop in #ClarendonStreetSouthMelbourne, probably 1880s, possibly earlier, complete with #pairedpilasters and cute #castironbalconettes.
Original post 11 October 2019, updated 2024 Did you know there was once a tram to Port Melbourne? Well a cable tram anyway. Here’s a pic of a one on Beach Street, near Station Pier. The line opened in 1890 and ran from here, round up Bay Street then City Road, over the new Queensbridge, … Continue reading Vanished tram line
Original post 5 April 2020 The #ConservatoriumOfMusic at #MelbourneUniversity was built in 1909-10, and has that great #Sezession style vegetal decoration seen only here and there in Melbs; we don’t have that much #ArtNouveau (except for the stained glass windows and tiles in every Edwardian house). This was designed by #BatesPeeblesAndSmart, who were also doing … Continue reading (Old) Conservatory of Music, Melbourne University
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
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