Creepy creepy #MyersChristmasWindows keeps to the tradition of not quite cute in fact a bit creepy. Including the weirdly jerky movements. #SnugglepotAndCuddlepie gone bad.
How to wreck a church
Help needed - this is #MaryImmaculateIvanhoe, designed by #MockridgeStahleAndMitchell and built in 1961, and pretty intact - BUT the parish has submitted plans to ruin it - they were going to demolish but I think that better than this mess ! Additions on all sides, with angular and curved walls in brown brick, demolishing the … Continue reading How to wreck a church
Picturesque Footscray City Primary, 1877 + 1887.
#FootscrayCityPrimarySchool, which I think is pretty cute, a madly squished up collection of #Tudor features, built 1887, added to the more typically spreading rectangular 1877 earlier part, set back from the street. Both parts seem to have all original windows, which is rare. I’ve put the 1960s photo first because of that #poorlyplacedtree. I think … Continue reading Picturesque Footscray City Primary, 1877 + 1887.
Some florid cast iron, South Melbourne
A lovely well preserved #melbourneterrace, with original #tuckpointed #polychromebrick, all reasonably typical, except the #castironlace balustrade panels, very heavy floral, complete with fruit (?), but with curving sides, leaving some space, rather than more straight side, or joining up to create a continuous pattern. The same iron is also on another house around the corner, … Continue reading Some florid cast iron, South Melbourne
Six houses, same cast iron, Ward St, South Melbourne.
Repost 2020: Just got the 1983 book Australian Iron Lace (published in Sydney so I’d never heard of it) and the first street I look at - Ward Street, South Melb, near the market - about half the terraces have the same cast iron, though the houses themselves are different. So clearly after the first … Continue reading Six houses, same cast iron, Ward St, South Melbourne.
Intentionally uneven arches on Beaconsfield Parade
‘Shandon’ sits majestically on #BeaconsfieldParade near Fitzroy St #StKilda, looking might fine. Built 1885, no architect, but the unusual ‘uneven arcading’ is supposedly inspired by Pistoia Cathedral, but this is actually way more uneven. Also interesting that it’s built like a mini-palace, with the main rooms on the first floor up a grand staircase, with … Continue reading Intentionally uneven arches on Beaconsfield Parade
A gift of sculpture – Melbourne Terrace, Franklin Street, 1994.
Now that’s how you make an entrance ! There's fabulous figures by each of the three entrances of #NondaKatsalidis’ 1994 Melbourne Terrace. They were sculpted by #PeterCorlett, and they must make every occupant here happy just to get to their front door. This one is an #atlantes, a male figure that holds up something, in … Continue reading A gift of sculpture – Melbourne Terrace, Franklin Street, 1994.
Spurling House Brighton saved from demolition but not actually saved yet.
The poor old 1888 #SpurlingHouse in Brighton has been in the news again; this is a photo I took last year, this is what happens if there’s a fire just after you buy it, you refuse to spend the $1.5 mill insurance on repairs and instead spend it on a bunch of experts who argue … Continue reading Spurling House Brighton saved from demolition but not actually saved yet.
Another Sol Sapir, but not like the others.
‘Sunset Beach Tower’, #BeaconsfieldParade, #StKilda, 1969. Not my favourite beachfront #highrise, a bit severe, but interesting patterned panels, but no #sunshading or balconies at all, must get hot ! But great views. Also needs a paint, or possibly take the paint off. Odd angled struts at the top. It’s another #SolSapir, quite different to his … Continue reading Another Sol Sapir, but not like the others.
Sol Sapir repeats a design, not for the first time.
21 November 2019 Toorak Park Towers, Sydney Street, Armadale, 1974 another design by Sol Sapir, king of the first high rise boom. The exterior is pretty much a repeat of his 1968 Miami on Beaconsfield Parade, pic 2; then Toorak vs Miami closer up. I like the way the panels kind of stop short of … Continue reading Sol Sapir repeats a design, not for the first time.
Storey of Melbourne 