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
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| 2013. |
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| 1959. |
SAINT NICHOLAS' CHURCH
Corner Simpson Street and Victoria Parade
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| 2013. |
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| 1974. |
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| 1930. |
DEFUNCT GRAIN SILOS
Behind 109-111 Victoria Parade
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| 2013. |
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| 1961. |
FORMER VICTORIA BREWERY
Corner Powlett Street and Victoria Parade
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| 2013 |
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| 1911. |
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| 2013. |
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| 1919. |
THE BADEN POWELL HOTEL
Corner Cambridge Street and Victoria Parade
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| 2013 (Note: The Baden Powell on far side of intersecting street). |
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| Circa 1918. |
CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Corner Eades Street and Victoria Parade
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| 2013. |
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| 1870. |
FITZROY CYCLORAMA
Corner Fitzroy Street and Victoria Parade
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| 2013. |
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| 1889. |
Note: I will be writing more about the extraordinary 'Cyclorama' at a later time.
FORMER AFTER CARE HOSPITAL
45 Victoria Parade
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| 2013 (as an apartment block). |
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| Circa 1980 (in it's original guise as a hospital). |
EASTERN HILL FIRE STATION
Corner Gisborne Street and Victoria Parade
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| Circa 1950. |
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| 1893. |
FORMER SALVATION ARMY TRAINING COLLEGE
68 - 92 Victoria Parade
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| Circa 1900. |
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| 2013 (Looking east, fire tower in the background). |
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| Circa 1910. |
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