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 [...]
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 [...]
Since living in Brisbane, where the whole idea of closing in verandahs on Queenslanders to create new room and space was a common practice, I’ve come to recognise the damage that this practice can do to our built environment.
While it is rarer in Melbourne, there are some criminal acts of urban vandalism which have continued [...]
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 [...]
Among the rapid changes to St Kilda’s urban fabric, which have seen the disappearance of much of its famous interwar character is the demolition of red brick 1920s backbuildings, which are part of the locally significant Acland Street St Kilda War Memorial RSL complex. The buildings once formed a uniform interwar streetscape along Albert [...]
After being shut down for six months, Luna Park’s iconic scenic railway, built in 1910 is the oldest continuously running wooden cable carriage rollercoaster. The much loved ride is now back on track. Along with the restoration of the track, the platform mural designed by Mark Ogge, a local St Kilda artist has also been [...]
The Victorian era rotunda originally constructed in the 1880s at Alma Park, St Kilda East has been restored. The restoration was part of a grant from the City of Port Phillip and Heritage Victoria. The distinctive local landmark features a pepper-pot dome.
