Comments on: Concrete Cancer Spreading in Melbourne http://www.melbourneheritage.com/2009/01/07/concrete-cancer-in-melbourne Your Trusted Victorian voice for Historic and Architectural Preservation and Conservation Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maureen Capp http://www.melbourneheritage.com/2009/01/07/concrete-cancer-in-melbourne/comment-page-1#comment-123 Maureen Capp Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.melbourneheritage.com/?p=184#comment-123 Dear Heeritage lover I am trying to get a campaign together to save the Princess Mary Club. Can you please ring me to discuss. Time is running out - Wesley Church has applied to the Minister for a Planning permit, and if anything is to be done, it needs to be done prior to the permit being issued. My phone number is (03) 9654 9446. I am speaking to a number of women's groups, but need to get a broader campaign base. Regards Maureen Capp. Dear Heeritage lover

I am trying to get a campaign together to save the Princess Mary Club. Can you please ring me to discuss. Time is running out – Wesley Church has applied to the Minister for a Planning permit, and if anything is to be done, it needs to be done prior to the permit being issued.

My phone number is (03) 9654 9446. I am speaking to a number of women’s groups, but need to get a broader campaign base.

Regards

Maureen Capp.

]]> By: admin http://www.melbourneheritage.com/2009/01/07/concrete-cancer-in-melbourne/comment-page-1#comment-86 admin Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:08:13 +0000 http://www.melbourneheritage.com/?p=184#comment-86 Thanks for the clarifications heritagepoliceman ! Thanks for the clarifications heritagepoliceman !

]]> By: heritagepoliceman http://www.melbourneheritage.com/2009/01/07/concrete-cancer-in-melbourne/comment-page-1#comment-82 heritagepoliceman Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:23:09 +0000 http://www.melbourneheritage.com/?p=184#comment-82 The nicholas hall you are referring too is actualy the former Princess Mary Club (1920s), a womens hostel, which along with the Wesley church is included amongst the buildings on the site on the Heritage Register. However, the Uniting Church authorities have been wanting to redevelop that side of the site for ages (since 1988 at least), and so havnt been maintaining it, and finally got a permit for an office bock in the middle of last year, which includes the demolition of the building. Lots of the 'concrete cancer' is actually just external render falling off, but there is also actual concrete cancer to the structure itself, so it would be a very expensive job to fix up, one of the reasons they have been allowed to knock it down. With the current downturn however, the new block looks less likely to be contructed anytime soon, but they may go ahead and demolish the building anyway. The nicholas hall, which is to the west of the church behind a 70s office block, is to be retained and repaired (as is the church of course) - its very plain outside, but rather good 1930s Deco inside (by Harry Norris). The nicholas hall you are referring too is actualy the former Princess Mary Club (1920s), a womens hostel, which along with the Wesley church is included amongst the buildings on the site on the Heritage Register. However, the Uniting Church authorities have been wanting to redevelop that side of the site for ages (since 1988 at least), and so havnt been maintaining it, and finally got a permit for an office bock in the middle of last year, which includes the demolition of the building. Lots of the ‘concrete cancer’ is actually just external render falling off, but there is also actual concrete cancer to the structure itself, so it would be a very expensive job to fix up, one of the reasons they have been allowed to knock it down. With the current downturn however, the new block looks less likely to be contructed anytime soon, but they may go ahead and demolish the building anyway. The nicholas hall, which is to the west of the church behind a 70s office block, is to be retained and repaired (as is the church of course) – its very plain outside, but rather good 1930s Deco inside (by Harry Norris).

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