Saturday, January 1, 2011

former Commonwealth Bank of Australia Building, Melbourne

former CBA, Melbourne

The former Commonwealth Bank building at 225 Bourke St, Melbourne was designed by W Henderson and constructed 1939-1941.

former CBA, Melbourne

Reference:
Commonwealth Bank: 225 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE, Walking Melbourne

Posted by David Thompson
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5 comments:

  1. Thomas RyanJanuary 1, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Nice building, it always reminds my of US style architecture from this period. It's a very photogenic building, I've taken several shots of this particular building and other Modernist banks on my new Australian wide Modernism blog >
    http://www.modernaus.blogspot.com/

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  2. David ThompsonJanuary 1, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Agreed Thomas, a lovely building, and by Melbourne standards of the time, a genuine skyscraper. I remember seeing your post a little while back and as always your photo was outstanding.

    Happy New Year and Best Wishes for everything down Tassie way.

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  3. Thomas RyanJanuary 1, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    Happy New Year to you David, I look forward to checking out your future posts throughout 2011!

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  4. AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    Golden Age Motel in Omeo Victoria is a good one and it's surprising where else they pop up in regional and rural Victoria.
    Saddest of all though recently was the loss of the Elizabeth Tower Hotel in Carlton.

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    1. David ThompsonApril 18, 2012 at 6:03 PM

      Thanks, I'll have to check out Omeo. I agree about the Elizabeth Tower. I can still see Lucky Grills as Bluey running up those stairs. It's bound to be on YouTube if I could find it.

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