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
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Job Warehouse to be cleaned up (a lot)
Repost from this day in 2019 (update : #heritagevictoria said painting over everything was ok, surprisingly) After many years, the three empty shops at #JobWarehouse are set to be refurbished for a bar/restaurant, but in the process the building will be scrubbed clean, until it looks completely new. The shopfronts will stay, but all the … Continue reading Job Warehouse to be cleaned up (a lot)
Colonial in Collingwood
First posted Instagram 4 February 2020 Everybody’s favourite, this is Belmont in #JohnstonStreetCollingwood, looking very Colonial. This is because partly it is, the ground level anyway, built in bluestone in 1857 right on the street, with a few steps protruding onto the footpath, apparently because it was outside the area governed by the first building … Continue reading Colonial in Collingwood
Queen Hall at the State Library looks lovely
The refurbished #QueensHall at the #StateLibraryVictoria looks amazing, all that delicate plaster detail highlighted by pale paint, and the fabbo #fishscale #skylights reinstated; hard to believe it’s been 16 years since it closed (why I’m not sure) and what a change from the 1970s green and cream scheme - looks like it might even be … Continue reading Queen Hall at the State Library looks lovely