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Not as bad as it looks; that wall will be rebuilt as original - this is the old #FletcherJones on #FlindersStreet, originally an 1872 office building, altered to become the menswear retailer in 1955, the Queen St wall turned into a billboard in the 1970s; that wall will be reconstructed to its 1955 form (our suggestion instead of the stylised version they first proposed). The whole thing also repainted in the 1955 black and white colour scheme. Only drawback is there will be a glassy hotel tower poking out.

#Repost @heraldsunphoto_retro 1962. Three of the oldest homes in Melbourne - Nos. 17-19-21 Little Collins-st - won another battle yesterday. Their owner, Mrs B Robertson, refused to sell them for £27,000 at auction because she had a higher price in mind. Since they were built in 1847 the grey-brick homes have "watched" factories and hotels rise above them. Mrs Robertson has lived in No.17 for more than 20 years and with her late son Ian, an artist, built up a successful antique business. Her four rooms are still a treasure house of china and crystal. Ian Robertson bought the property for £6000 as an investment but grew to love the "Parisian atmosphere" in which it was set and never bothered to sell. Mrs Robertson said that she would never have thought of selling the place if her health had been good enough to continue in antique trading. She thinks that a small flat in East Melbourne would be easier to look after. But Mrs Robertson said that she had her own ideas on how much the three homes together were worth and would not sell under that figure. [The Sun]. * she eventually sold in 1964, the houses became offices, then acquired and demolished for construction of Parliament Station. The 1980s office block that eventually rose on the site is itself going to be demolished for apartments. . #melbourne #melbournecity #1960s #bw #blackandwhite #littlecollinsst #monochrome #melbournehistory #vintage #archives #melbournecbd #littlecollinsstreet #bnwphoto #bnw #bnw_life #bnwlife #bnwphotography #bnw_planet #melbournestreets #littlecollins #melbournephotography #melbourneproperty #realestate #melbproperty #60s #house #melbournerealestate #cityliving #cityhouse

#Repost from@metrotunnelvic Demolition work of the shops facing Swanston Street has revealed the back of #YoungandJacksons and the the back of the Dangerfield building facing #FlindersStreet; you can see that they are all actually #bluestone buildings, dating from the 1850s. And it seems that the windows not directly above the #carriageway (that took you to the backs of Swanson st shops) were lost behind boundary walls since at least the 1920s !

Good news that the 1961 #CharlesBush #Poseiden/#Neptune #sculpture from the front of the #PortPhillipArcade has been carefully removed by @aboderestoration, along with the gold #mosaic tiles that form the sun, and some of the white ones too. Now we just need a place to put it, perhaps in the new #TownHallStation ? Last pic is the back of the facade, the last bit to go.

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Festival Gall to be listed by Heritage Victoria ! One of those rare places important for what happened there not ho… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 4 days ago
Ever wondered how heritage protection works ? Or what to do about that threatened house down the street ? The Natio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 5 days ago
Good news - Heritage Victoria has said no to the glassy tower that Victor University wanted to plonk on top of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 1 week ago
Another long term city business closes with the retirement of the octogenarian owner. theage.com.au/national/victo… 2 weeks ago
The six front runners for Lord Mayor reveal a range of policies; the heritage of the QueenVic Market was a major to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 weeks ago

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