Thursday, December 3, 2015

Hiding away in the Melbourne CBD

It's been a little while since I've been able to post some sign pics - and there are plenty to post. So might as well get started. Here are a few I took yesterday that popped up unexpectedly when I was walking through the Melbourne CBD's south-west, around Highlander Lane:

 
 

Further down, there was this, on Rutherglen House - one of the city's original residences (1842), and host of a colourful recent life: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/city-address-often-visited-by-powerbrokers-and-celebrities-20130304-2fgzk.html

The sign says (something) House - but obviously not when it was called 'Rutherglen':






Then around the corner, the entrance to the old sewerage works:


Up above: not a ghost sign but a fascinating late Victorian urban sanitation innovation - 5-storey urinals at the back of the Rialto Centre. Ironically, one of the state-of the-then-art building's first tenants was the Metropolitan Board of Works, who ran the city's sewerage system. More here: http://www.onmydoorstep.com.au/heritage-listing/743/rialto-building


And lastly, to finish off, a sign I'd previously missed on Elizabeth Street:


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