Original post 17 Jan 2018: Yes that is a Chinese style roof, which you’ve probably noticed on the east side of #PuntRoad, cnr Gordon Grove (snapped from the bus). It was designed by #ArthurPurnell as his own house in 1928, which he called Shan Teng. Purnell lived and worked in Hong Kong, then Canton (now … Continue reading Chinese style in Punt Road
Anzac Station tram stop in St Kilda Road - open but not at all finished. I like it! Lovely curves, lots of wood (‘glulam’ beams maybe 1m deep?) in a diagonal grid, some skylights, some bright green. However - it’s so high that it won’t keep much weather out; the from city trams will stop … Continue reading Anzac Station tram stop (ex Domain Interchange)
Original post Jan 2018: This wild curved pyramid roofed church has been sitting here on #HighStreetRoad #MtWaverley since 1963, when it was built for the independent #NewChurchinVictoria, designed by architect Alex Harris. It’s a plan of intersecting squares, two on the diagonal, the third being the hall, but that roof ! Sort of #polynesian or … Continue reading New Church, Mt Waverley, 1963
The tower of Lonsdale House, sadly demolished in 2010 for the Emporium, despite local heritage listing - probably the last really big heritage issue to galvanise Melburnians. It was created in 1936 out of two Victorian buildings, and designed by #IGAnderson. He also did #Dorijo in East Melbourne I recently posted, which has a similar … Continue reading Lonsdale House
Monash University Chancellery, by @armarchitecture, 2020 - on a rare outing I had a look. I thought the columns by various artists were great ! Some I presume by ARM too (the black one clearly a wonky version of Adolf Loos’ 1922 Chicago Tribune competition entry); I loved the concrete couch by Kathy Temin. The … Continue reading New Monash University Chancellory
A great Christmas present from @deddle8ug - it’s a bit odd though seeing things I remember called Old Vintage! Love the cover image, 1975- check out the Afro dude, and the paperboys pushing copies of the Herald (probably) ‘Heeer-ald !’; orange trams 1974, so new, so exciting, so hot in summer; Coles Variety 1975, for … Continue reading Old Vintage Melbourne, 1960s-90s
December 2022 The delightful Queen Victoria Building, once on the corner of Swanston and Collins, in a close up of a painting from 1889 by Jacques Carabain, a French/Belgian artist who made a living going round the world and painting street scenes (usually exotic locales though). Then a scan of a slide of the building … Continue reading Queen Victoria Building and Queens Walk Arcade
Fantastic action shot of Collins Street from 1900-1910, looking west from Elizabeth Street, in the wet. This happens to be the one block where everything is gone, except the domed banking chamber interior behind the huge classical facade in the centre, and the ex-National Mutual building with spire in the distance on the corner of … Continue reading Collins Street in the wet c1900
1 September 2022 A still from ‘Lost Melbourne’, a great little doco by Gus Berger about much that we lost - and I’m in it ! Coming to cinemas. This is St Patricks Hall being demolished in 1957; it was on Bourke Street, the hall built by the Irish community in 1849, and was where … Continue reading Lost Melbourne – St Patricks Hall
3 Dec 2022 An amazing survivor at 458 High Street Prahran; a simple weatherboard shop/house, it might be as late as 1890s, or judging by the multi-pane windows on the front and sides, as early as the 1850s. It’s heritage listed by the @stonningtoncitycouncil, but no date of construction is noted. The earliest newspaper reference … Continue reading Timber shops, High Street, Prahran
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
Storey of Melbourne 