Original post 21 March 2019: Just wrote an article about how there’s only one #oldlift left in the #MelbCBD that isn’t #heritagelisted (in #PawsonHouse) and just found this one ! Maybe won’t be round much longer, but it’s there. In what was the #ESandABank in the corner of Eliz & #LaTrobeStreet, built in 1928, designed … Continue reading Fairly intact lobby and lift – oops all gone. →

Original post 20 March 2019: Nice to see this #gatekeepers cabin is still there, next to #BrunswickStation, albeit slowly rotting away. Built 1888 for the man who sat there all day opening and closing the #railwaygates, then pulling on the levers inside to signal (via rods and chains) the next gatekeeper to close or open … Continue reading Gatekeepers had cabins…. →

20 March 2023: The fantastic Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sydney Road Brunswick is in the news, with neither the private owners or the Dep of Education taking responsibility for maintenance, leaving the community school that occupies it, and the equally interesting Sunday school behind, in leaking buildings. Heres my 2019 post : I reckon this … Continue reading Wesleyan Methodist Church Brunswick →

Original post 19 March 2014: Seen in Church Street North Fitzroy- was going to say #badrestoration cos just looks wrong but looked at streetview from 2009 and it actually looked like this but all cracked up so good tepair actually but it should have some knobs.

Original post 19 March 2017: "…refreshingly innovative example of Edwardian Free Style with Arts & Crafts leanings." Says the Stonnington heritage listing for this #PostandTelegraph building of 1908 designed by #HJMacKennal of the Commonwealth #PublicWorksDepartment. So severe, with its #rockfaced stone courses. It's flash apartments now. Lovely #ArtNouveau #wroughtiron and Edwardian swags over the entrance … Continue reading Windsor Post Office →

18 March 2023: My next idea for the yet-to-be-built city square site- as some of you suggested why not just something with trees and grass? I thought since it’s a bit like a park, why not go organic? Grass and flowers/shrubs in raised planters in amoeba shapes, with a nice fountain in the middle. They’re … Continue reading City Square as an urban park →

Original post 18 March 2020: If you’re locked down and looking for some light reading, I’ve just had an article published on #HenryElyWhite, Australasia’s premier theatre architect of the 1910s and 20s in On Stage, the theatre historians magazine- link is in my bio. Henry designed at least 40 theatres and cinemas in Oz and … Continue reading Harry White architect →

Original post 18 March 2020: The new (ish) #FrankstonStation is pretty groovy; the design by #GentonArchitecture won a competition (the only station to have one), and it was finished mid 2018. The curves are meant to reference sand dunes, but I had to read that to get it. My main gripe is my usual one, … Continue reading Frankston Station →

Original post 17 March 2020: St Francis Xavier, Frankston, completed in 1954, designed by #AlanGRobertson. It’s one of those quite simple but nice hall- like designs with a low pitched roof, in #creambrick. They extended the narthex at some point, but it’s well done, and they moved the window forward so it’s still dominant. The … Continue reading St Francis Xavier, Frankston →

Original post 17 March 2016: DouttaGallaHotel 1888, great elegant detailing of the #splayedcorner. Clamshell above first floor window, delicate foliation on the panels above, topped by a #brokenpediment. Intact side entry, probably originally access to the residential floors above.