I'm participating with Elephant's Child, River and others for Sunday Selections.
I don't have enough random photos for a random post, so this is about buildings, nice buildings.
(I do actually have enough random photos but they aren't sorted)
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
Sunday Selections
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This post will be all over the place, just as I am all over the place. I'm vacillating about going ahead with the carpet and painting. W... -
Friday, I paced the apartment, closing Ray's bedroom door and then opening it. It is closed at the moment, and to be sensible it will sa... -
Do you know the word? I didn't. To my shame, I've practiced malaphores in public. I wasn't arrested. No one has ever remarked o...
It never occurred to me before that beer and hand sanitizer would be made by the same company, but it makes sense as both have alcohol in them.
ReplyDeleteKirk, exactly the same for me. Desperates for alcohol might drink sanitiser.
DeleteSome truly gorgeous buildings. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteEC, so many were destroyed but so many kept too, and that is great.
DeleteThe buildings are austere I feel a Gaudy influence is needed
ReplyDeleteJohn, we do have some more highly decorated buildings, late Victorian. Apparently Sagrada Familiar has finally been finished. I should fact check that.
DeleteI love how you showcase the buildings in the city.
ReplyDeleteThanks man. We are fortunate to have them.
DeleteI like that the old buildings still stand and seem to be in good use.
ReplyDeleteBob, yes being used is important.
DeleteRechabites were a Biblical community who followed Jeremiah, and are now a friendly society. But the Rechabites and I don't see eye to eye on their abstinence.
ReplyDeleteHels, your final sentence made me laugh.
DeleteSuch grand buildings, I love to see older buildings well kept and restored if need be. Those look especially nice.
ReplyDeleteDeb, isn't it a bit of a motherhood statement. No one wants to see buildings like these demolished and all will like them to be put to good use.
DeleteVery beautiful old buildings. I wish more was done to keep and repurpose them instead of tearing the down to put up concrete and steel boxes. Rechabites rings a bell way back in my memory, I'll have to google now and find out what I can't remember.
ReplyDeleteWe all want the same thing for old buildings, River. See Hels comment above.
DeleteRechabites: a member of an Israelite family descended from Rechab, who refused to drink wine or live in houses.
ReplyDeleteThe Independent Order of Rechabites are concerned with spreading the message on the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.
River, so they are still around and active? Their effectiveness hasn't been a great success.
DeleteWonderful buildings, it's such a pity Wheelan the Wrecker destroyed so many beautiful buildings way back, but then he was told to.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, just across Kingsway, within my view, was a wonderful building called Illoura. The present more modern building has kept the name but one Wheelen's workers said it was the only building he felt sad to be destroyed. Criminal really, https://storeyofmelbourne.org/2024/02/18/illoura-st-kilda-road-dem-1963/
DeleteThe old Illoura was beautiful!
DeleteThere's enough space for older buildings to be preserved and newer ones built further out of the city, I would think.
ReplyDeleteJB, like many cities, we mix old and new, but European cities and even London keep the historic centres low rise, thereby keeping the character and charm of the cities.
DeleteI agree with Jabblog, it makes me angry when old beautiful buildings are destroyed and replaced by glass boxes !
ReplyDeleteGattina, I hope Brussels has a low central city area, where there aren't glass tower blocks.
DeleteWhat are we building today, that people will look at 100 years from now and say, nice old building?
ReplyDeleteTP, you have me thinking very hard and unsuccessfully. I am seeing buildings constructed here in the 1980s now being demolished, often replaced by glass buildings, and already glass building seem passé. While not a building, I would like to think the very solemn 9/11 memorial in NYC will stand the test of time. That's all I can come up with.
DeleteI love looking at the old buildings so much more than the boring boxes often being built today. A nice assortment, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat. Yes, some modern buildings look ok but so few stand the test of time.
DeleteWell, of course I had to go read about Rechabites, but I see some other commenters beat me to it. I'm also intrigued by the Hotel Animal. Was it a veterinary practice or a wild hotel for humans?!
ReplyDeleteI think it was last used as a backpacker hotel, Steve. I must visit to see what has happened to it.
DeleteThat is something that I always loved, the mix of old and new buildings. I always find myself thinking that if I had to live in a city, your city would be an interesting one to explore.
ReplyDeleteDebby, many like the mix of old and new but it is a shame so many buildings as are above were sacrificed. Unbiased of course, but I think Melbourne is the most interesting city in Australia. It just doesn't have the blatant beauty of Sydney on its harbour.
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