12 Grey Street sits right in the heart of one of St Kilda’s most sensitive heritage areas. The site is right next door to the George Hotel, arguably St Kilda’s most iconic non-foreshore building and also most neglected landmark. The corner of Grey and Fitzroy Streets is a predominantly Victorian era streetscape is one of [...]
Belvedere, one of St Kilda’s most beloved landmarks is up for sale. The 1927 apartment block on the corner of Upper Esplanade and Robe Street is perhaps most notable for its Spanish Mission styled tower, the setting for the cult television show “The Secret Life of Us” which screened between 2001 and 2005.
While the building [...]
Koombalah at 27 Grey Street St Kilda on the corner of Jackson Street, is a significant Federation Queen Anne end terrace which is currently in a severely neglected state. The building bears a bronzed art noveau plaque with its name “Koombalah” and features two prominent tudor style gables, an imposing chimney and faceted bay [...]
VCAT has pushed through the demolition of Albert Park’s historic post office to make way for an apartment tower in one of Melbourne’s most significant historic areas - the Bridport Street village.
Despite protests from local residents, the Victorian-era village is now set to lose much of its charm. Originally at over 4 storeys, the [...]
It appears that the 1888 Southbank Tea House which was last used as a teahouse in 1950 could become a boutique hotel.
The six storey heritage listed boom style warehouse is located at 28 Clarendon Street on the south side of the Yarra next to the Melbourne Convention Centre and opposite Crown Casino. It [...]
The developers of the Red Bears site at ‘South Melbourne Central’ cared so little about Melbourne’s heritage that they not only “accidentally” demolished a much loved heritage listed building, but when ordered to reconstruct it, rather than consult the history books for faithful recreation, they did it in the cheapest, nastiest and most disrespectful way.
With [...]
Port Phillip City Council is spending $233,000 and $25,000 a year in maintenance to conserve the area’s 24 monuments including he crumbling South African War Memorial on the Esplanade which is missing many of its glazed terracotta tiles and the St Kilda War Memorial in Catani Gardens.
This is much welcomed money to preserve monuments to [...]
It infuriates me that the Victorian government through VCAT continually allows interstate developers to lay waste to what is left of our heritage. As reported by Real Estate Source (which incidentally looks suspiciously similar to one of my earlier blog posts), Macquarie Bank has refused to incorporate the 105 year old Avalon mansion into [...]
I’ve only just become familiar with the term “intangible heritage” over the last few weeks, and in particular the story of the National Trust’s fight to preserve graffiti art, but also how it applies to other cases and who’s role it is to preserve it.
Wikipedia defines cultural heritage as:
the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – [...]
St Kilda’s west beach pavilion on Beaconsfield Parade at St Kilda West is an interwar classical design featuring a mini portico and columns which has a large footprint but low profile. The building is of local significance, and an important part of St Kilda’s interwar character, but has been derelict and deteriorating for over a [...]
