The decrepit row of terrace houses on the curve linking Albert Road to St Kilda Road was perfect fodder for redevelopment. Fortunately Mark Strizic captured them just before demolition.
| Mark Strizic, Albert Road and St Kilda Road, 1958 |
BP road into town and popped their head offices there.
| Wolfgang Sievers, BP Head Office, Construction, 1960 |
| Wolfgang Sievers, BP Head Office, 1967 |
Now one of the more chichi apartment buildings in St Kilda Road.
Julia Ritson
simon Mclean has a blog i recomend …… simonspics2011.wordpress.com loving the posts
Thanks Fiona – I’ll have a look.
Julia-I lived in Albert Road-1954-55.On the other side of the Boer War cenotaph. I was 10 and the Queen was in town but as10 year olds did in those days I explored this half acre – extensively. By the mid 60’s I was back as a junior art director at a small successful advertising agency that had popped up next door to the funeral parlour on the corner of Park Street. – Mark Strizic was a commercial photographer I worked with – specifically on studio work for Mobil. I have dropped into your site via Google looking for and discovering a before image to show someone who worked in BP House in the sixties – Thank You Melbourne
What a lovely story! Thanks for sharing…
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