Saturday, August 24, 2013

Victoria Parade: Then and Now


Victoria Street is one of Melbourne's oldest streets. Stretching from North Melbourne to Kew and skirting the CBD, the busy thoroughfare has provided a link from the city proper to it's oldest suburbs almost from the inception of both. Victoria Street sports a diverse mixture of buildings - old and new, commercial, industrial and residential, from a range of architectural schools - that reflect the development of Melbourne over the past 170 years. The following highlights some of the most iconic buildings from this remarkable street and shows how they have changed (and in some cases how they have stayed the same while their surroundings have altered), focussing on the section between Hoddle Street and Spring Street, commonly known as Victoria Parade.





ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH

Corner Hoddle Street and Victoria Parade


2013.




1959.












SAINT NICHOLAS' CHURCH


Corner Simpson Street and Victoria Parade




2013.


1974.



1930.












DEFUNCT GRAIN SILOS


Behind 109-111 Victoria Parade


2013.



1961.














FORMER VICTORIA BREWERY

Corner Powlett Street and Victoria Parade


2013



1911.



2013.



1919.














THE BADEN POWELL HOTEL


Corner Cambridge Street and Victoria Parade



2013 (Note: The Baden Powell on far side of intersecting street).



Circa 1918.












CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Corner Eades Street and Victoria Parade



2013.



1870.













FITZROY CYCLORAMA

Corner Fitzroy Street and Victoria Parade


2013.



1889.

Note: I will be writing more about the extraordinary 'Cyclorama' at a later time.













FORMER AFTER CARE HOSPITAL

45 Victoria Parade


2013 (as an apartment block).




Circa 1980 (in it's original guise as a hospital).













EASTERN HILL FIRE STATION

Corner Gisborne Street and Victoria Parade







Circa 1950.



1893.













FORMER SALVATION ARMY TRAINING COLLEGE

68 - 92 Victoria Parade








Circa 1900.




2013 (Looking east, fire tower in the background).






Circa 1910.



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