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Discover the enchanting city of Melbourne, Australia in this short social media reel video. Explore its iconic landmarks, vibrant street art, and bustling laneways. Experience the unique blend of art, culture, and gastronomy that makes Melbourne truly magical.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: State Of Victoria Princes Bridge On Yarra River Melbourne Australia Post Card.

[sistazai]

I’ve a new poem out in the world as part of Melbourne Poetry Map. As our city awakens out of stage 4, pay a visit to Madam Brussels Lane and listen to the words I wrote to honour an iconic herstorical figure. Thank you @perilmagazine, @melbpoetrymap and @qvwc_melbourne for the opportunity to bring an Afrofuturistic Storyteller’s gaze. . . . #Repost @melbpoetrymap ・・・ FEMINIST POETRY JOURNEYS: Artist Intro Meet another one of the poets taking part in our collaboration with @qvwc_melbourne & @perilmagazine - two new self-guided feminist poetry journeys around iconic Melbourne landmarks (see previous posts!) Audio & maps launching Friday 13 November. POET: Sista Zai Zanda @sistazai BIO: Sista Zai Zanda is an Afrofuturistic Storyteller and Community Builder. She loves big ideas. Her latest project, “Sista Zai’s 5PM Storytime”, brings the joy, love and magic of storytime for her social media audience to indulge in a restorative break and reflective pause as we collectively re/imagine a #NewNormal where everyone thrives. You are welcome to join the private Facebook group. Amongst Sista Zai’s career highlights, she founded and curated the iconic Pan African Poets Cafe, toured Denmark delivering slam poetry workshops, worked as the Youth Zone Consultant for one of Africa’s top ten international arts festivals, received a Round Four Neilma Sydney Literary Travel Fund for a self-directed research tour in South Africa and co/hosted several events including a Creative State Summit, Melbourne Writers Festival Opening and Closing Night and Community Broadcasting Association Of Australia Annual Conference. You can find Sista Zai on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – just don’t spell her “Sister” because Sista Zai’s not a nun – yet. #qvwc #sistazaizanda #poetry #melbpoetrymap #peril #perilmagazine #melbourne #melbournecity #melbournepoets #landmarks #melbournelandmarks #feministlandmarks #feminist #feminism #artists #writers #poets #feministfuture #feministmelbourne #feministwriters #afrofuturistic #storyteller https://www.instagram.com/p/CHefTfSjnHfsBqnB4Oo59tOUdC2qSymGjjPYYk0/?igshid=1d2fej931kyz8

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Meet me under the clocks. #flindersstreetstation #flindersclocks #melbournelandmarks #australianotaustria #acanadiandownunder (at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne Victoria Circa 1920's.)

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来也匆匆. #melbourneiconic #melbournelandmark （在 Federation Square）

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Detail on the Forum Theatre. Opened in 1929 and built in Moorish Revival style. #forumtheatre #forumtheatremelbourne #est1929 #moorishrevival #architecture #building #johneberson #landmark #moorishrevivalarchitecture #buildingdetail #city #urban #melbourne #victoria #historic #victorianheritage #historicbuilding #melbournelandmark #buildingphotography #urbanphotography #cityphotography (at Forum Theatre Melbourne)

[pookipoiga]

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Love #spring in #melbourne! #shrineofremembrance #melbournelandmarks (at Shrine of Remembrance) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEnAlZODB8j/?igshid=1tnkcf43n0tlx

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The shrine of Remembrance Melbourne #shrineofremembrance #melbourne #2017 #bluesky #shrine #anzacs #view #melbournelandmarks #melbournelandscapes

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Flinders Street Station is Australia’s oldest train station, and with its distinctive yellow facade and green copper dome it’s a city icon. Flinders Street built in “French Renaissance style”, and it is first station built in any Australian city and it opened on September 12th 2854. It is the busiest suburban railway station in the southern hemisphere, with over 1500 trains and 110,000 commuters passing through each day. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, its 708 metres main platform is the fourth longest railway platform in the world. Sitting on the train, we are able to enjoy the wonderful scenery along the railway, the Yarra River, the view of streets in city from the bridge and the suburb views. “By 1926, Finders Street Station became the busiest passenger station in the world, surpassing Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris, Grand Central Station in New York and Liverpool Street Station in London. On the January 11th 1922, The Argus Newspaper reported 200,000 passengers passed through the station in one day.”

Standing outside the station in the street, a golden wheat colour surrounding all over the exterior wall. Some decorative design patterns also depicted on the exterior wall, many of them are arranged symmetrically. Decorative patterns make the building looks more magnificent, from the design of architecture and decorative patterns, it is telling the story of the building and the culture dimly, which reminds me the cathedrals with pinnacle and various design of columns in Europe.

Standing on the platform inside the building, the exterior wall transfer into a sorghum red colour, differing the other side of wall, it evokes another mood between gold and red. Like I can see the passion with his warm heart of a gentleman, who looks noble and solemn.

Time changes many things inside the station, modern style refurbishment, high-tech equipments are been used, fast food shops opening near the entry. Although the interior appearance has changed a lot, but it still works functionally or even better than before.

Clocks is a trait of Flinders Street Station. This fixture was set up since 1860s, and it still continue to display departure times today. Through the design style of clocks, it can tell that they look old with some ages. Classic appearance reminds the fuchsias in the corner in my childhood residence. Every time when I walked through under the clocks, I could hear the tik-tak noise came from above my head. Nearby me is the busy crowd, who always look busy and rushing for catching the trains or trams. As people always say “Time is Money”. Those clocks were manually operated by a railway office who would check and undertake to change times on average of 900 times over an eight hour day. However, nowadays they are running automatically, and it still provides convenience for those rushing people to check the departure time, make sure they could catch the trains on the way to home. I appreciate that such a humanistic service the station offers to us, the people who live in this city. Life is getting easier with Flinders Street Station.

Bibliography:

Flinders Street Railway Station, https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Placestogo/MelbourneLandmarks/Historic/Pages/6223.aspx, accessed 16th April 2018.

Monique La Terra, 2017, https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-flinders-street-station-melbourne/, accessed 16th April 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station, accessed 16th April 2018.

Images:

First 6 images photographed by myself (Flinders Street Station, accessed on 30th March 2018)

Last image: Under the Clocks, https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-flinders-street-station-melbourne/, accessed 16th April 2018.

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The Block Arcade

Location- 282 Collins St, Vic, 3000

Completed in- 1891-1893

Original Use – Was the first Georges store (department store) in Melbourne.

Current Use- Boutique stores, cafes, social rooms, offices

Heritage Listing- Victorian Heritage Register

Architect- David.C.Askew from the architectural firm Twentyman.

Style- Victorian Mannerist, French Renaissance

The Block Arcade provides me with many wonderful memories, with it being one of my favourite places to go to when in the city. I love walking through Block Place, past the many restaurants and arriving at the arcade, met with the equiseta mosaic tiled floor. You are met with so much detail and history when entering the arcade. Despite it not being that large, it is very easy to spend a few hours in it soaking up the beautiful features it has to offer. It is an ‘L’ shaped arcade home to multiple levels consisting of an array of cafes, boutique stores and most importantly the Hopetoun Tea Rooms.

The site that the arcade sits on was originally auctioned by Robert Hoddle in 1837, with the auction being Melbourne’s first land auction. Amazingly the price that the land sold for was the outstanding sum of $36. Henry Batman purchased the land, with the Briscoe’s Bulk Grain Store occupying the site at the Collins Street Wing from 1856-1883. Despite the building being a magnificent design of the time, it was beginning to be too impractical with the multi levels. The business dealt with supplying grain, lumber and iron to farmers and as there was no lifts it was too tedious to pull materials via rope up and down the different levels. Due to this issue the store moved and the site was now occupied by the first Georges Store in Melbourne. Crisis struck on Friday 13th, September, 1889 in the Georges Store, leaving behind $400,000 worth of damage.

After the disastrous fire of 1889, the Block Arcade was born. David.C.Askew of Twentyman was commissioned to design a shopping arcade with a wing attaching to Elizabeth Street. The style of the arcade was based off the Galleria Vittorio in Milan, Italy. What is incredibly interesting when comparing the visual identities of both sites is how similar they look. Upon learning this I imagined the Galleria Vittorio to be similar but have its own unique motifs. Both sites incorporate a dome glass ceiling, plate glass windows, cast-iron, patterned mosaic tiled floors, openwork spandrels and incredibly detailed cornices and architraves. The intricate mosaic floor is a classical Victorian design and interestingly was covered with Feltex carpet during the Second World War to protect it from being damaged by military footwear. The store fronts in the arcade are reminiscent of Victorian street shops, which I think is why the arcade is such a popular destination to shop, visit and take photos of.

The Victorian Mannerist style is evident on the Collins and Elizabeth facades, made present by the triangular pediments and  elaborate stucco detailing. What is so amazing about the arcade is the fact that it has retained its Victorian elegance and heritage, allowing for passers bye to walk into another world full of history.

Reference List

“Architecture,” The Block Arcade, accessed April 16ht, 2018, http://theblock.com.au/architecture/

“History,”The Block Arcade, accessed April 16th, 2018, http://theblock.com.au/history/#fb0=15

“Style Guide – Mannerism,” V&A, accessed April 16th, 2018, http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-mannerism/

“The Block Arcade,” What’s on Melbourne, accessed April 16th, 2018, https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Placestogo/MelbourneLandmarks/Historic/Pages/6062.aspx

“Victorian Mannerist,”Sydney Architecture, accessed April 16th, 2018, http://sydneyarchitecture.com/STYLES/STY-V07.htm

Images-

Collins Street Façade, Melbourne Curious, accessed April 16th, 2018, http://melbournecurious.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/block-arcade-introduction.html

View from Collins Street showing mirror, The Block Arcade, accessed April 16ht, 2018, http://theblock.com.au/history/#fb0=15

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The Block Arcade

The block Arcade has one of the most impeccable interiors in Melbourne to date.The L-shaped with a polygonal planned glazed roof, the mosaic-tile flooring, glass canopy and carved stone are all which add character to the building which is located on little collins street which connects to Elizabeth street also. The arcade itself caters for all types of tourist but is also well known for its foodie tours due to the well-catered cafes which include one popular delicate tea room which is always an attraction due to the windows filled with delectable cakes as well as the accompanying Haigh’s Chocolates which are Australians premier chocolatiers. This era was established from 1837-1901, and this building was first built in 1892 and continues to be very popular with thousands of visitors each year in the crowded city of Melbourne.

The Block Arcade was developed by financier Benjamin Fink. The Collins street section of the arcade was completed in February 1892 which had similar attributes as to the Arcade Milano Galleria Vittorio in Italy. Elements I discovered while visiting the block arcade were evident from the moment you walked in. The element that stood out the most was the grand high ceilings which display the round high arched ways which are complemented by the glass dome that brought great, effective natural light. The distinctive colour of the block arcade is an element which helps to distinguish the Victorian era that is was built in due to the subtle tones and shades used on the interior walls, as well as the accompanying large dome in the centre of the arcade.

The motifs shown to stand out the most is the high arched glass ceilings which are held together by metal bracings and are made out of wrought iron which adds texture to the interior of the space. Another motif is the mosaic tiles (which were a classical Victorian design by Craven Dunnell pty. Ltd.) display a sense of wealth and superiority to the interior as the tile flooring was imported all the way from Europe. The detailed pattern that travels within the whole interior flooring adds a great depth of contrast from the subtle walls, it is somewhat captivating to the eye.

The building was built from bluestone foundations on the exterior but in the interior, the walls are a light yellow colour which is accompanied by a wooden wall feature halfway down the wall structure. The building also consists of pale accent colours such as pinks, reds and white which are brought out in the precise, detailed and fine art mosaic mural and wall finishings. The building also consists of grand archways complimented by wrought iron structures, glass canopy, bulky and large carved stone finishes on the buildings edging in the interior.

Nowadays the serene interior is not furnished, as it is now used as an arcade shopping centre. The historic building was developed in order to provide shoppers with the comfort and sophistication of a contemporary shopping arcade with jewellers, fashion boutiques, gift shops and eateries to enjoy. All of the materials add intricate detail and a contemporary feel to the building, which is why it holds its historical value.

Reference/ Bibliography: “ The Block Arcade”, The Block, unknown, Accessed 6th April, http://theblock.com.au/architecture/#fb0=17 “ The Block Arcade”, Whats On, Unknown, Accessed 4th of April, 

https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Placestogo/MelbourneLandmarks/Historic/Pages/6062.aspx 

“Block Arcade”, Victorian Heritage Database Report, December 2, 1999, Accessed 6th of April,   http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/730/download-report

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Nicholas building The Nicholas building is a historic landmark and retail building located on the intersection of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. The building was built in 1926 in the Greek-Revival Palazzo style and influenced by the ‘Chicago School’ movement of architecture. Designed by architect Harry Norris, the Melbourne building consists of 10 storeys and features large scale classical elements.

The ground floor of the building - the cathedral arcade- is one of many historic arcades in the city of Melbourne. The Nicholas Building arcade however stands out for its lead light roofed dome designed in the Art Deco style. The arcade retains all its original features including stained glass and lead lights, floors decorated with ceramic tiles and the original shop fronts featuring wooden panels.

The Art Deco movement began in 1925 and ended in 1940. The Nicholas Building arcade features many characteristics of the Art Deco style, predominantly through the use of decorative elements using geometric shapes and through the use of terracotta tiles seen on the floor and walls of the arcade. Another indicator of the influence of the Art Deco movement is demonstrated by the use of decorative reeding and fluting around doors and windows.

The design of the Nicholas Building was also strongly influenced by the ‘Chicago School’ style of architecture. This movement began in 1880 and ended in 1910 and refers to the groundbreaking skyscraper architecture of a number of influential American architects, including designer-engineer William Le Boran. The many storeys of the Nicholas Building demonstrate the influence of the ‘Chicago School’ style on the architect, Harry Norris.

The exterior of the Nicholas Building was built in the Greek-Revival Palazzo style. The Palazzo style was popularised is the 19th and 20th centuries. The term refers to the general shape, proportion and a cluster of characteristics. For a building to be considered Palazzo style it needed to be symmetrical, corniced and have neat rows of windows. The design was also influenced by the Greek-Revival movement of architecture as evidenced by the columns seen on the front of the exterior which is a common characteristic of the style.

The Nicholas Building, with its unique design, is an outstanding example of the combination of architectural features of the Greek-Revival, Palazzo and ‘Chicago School’ styles of architecture popular at the time of its creation and is just one of many remarkable historical Melbourne buildings.

References Phmc.state.pa.us. (2018). Art Deco Style 1925 - 1940 | PHMC > Pennsylvania Architectural Field Guide. [online] Available at: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/styles/art-deco.html [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018]. Revolvy, L. (2018). “Palazzo style architecture” on Revolvy.com. [online] Revolvy.com. Available at: https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Palazzo+style+architecture [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018]. Visual-arts-cork.com. (2018). Chicago School of Architecture: Skyscraper Design. [online] Available at: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/chicago-school.htm [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018]. Wentworth, I. (2018). Art Deco Style (1925-1940). [online] Wentworthstudio.com. Available at: https://www.wentworthstudio.com/historic-styles/art-deco/ [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018]. Wentworth, I. (2018). Historic Styles / Greek Revival 1825-1860. [online] Wentworthstudio.com. Available at: https://www.wentworthstudio.com/historic-styles/greek-revival/ [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018]. Whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au. (2018). Nicholas Building. [online] Available at: https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Placestogo/MelbourneLandmarks/Historic/Pages/9207.aspx [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].

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Shrine of Remembrance

Looking for something to visit in the CBD Melbourne? Shrine of Remembrance is one the must-visit-attraction I would like to recommend to you guys.

Built between 1928 and 1934, Shrine of Remembrance is imperative a historical landmark of Australia used to commemorate people in Victoria who sacrificed their lives in the World War I for the country’s peace. Especially, Anzac day, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, gets the much more focus for commemoration in the Shrine. Certainly, it is embedded meaningful stories about the history and the country’s heroes to learn, share and importantly preserve.

I really love its design and architecture. It is very glorious. Its design is inspired from symbolic Greek temple with columned façade. Located on a small hill, The Shrine of Remembrance is surrounded 13 hectares of parkland, which is considered as landscape of memory, giving you a beautiful and panoramic sight and solemn atmosphere from the monument view, as you can see from the pictures below :)

Moreover, I heard that at 11am on 11th November each year, you can also witness a unique ray of light. On that day, a ray of light sun from the gap in the roof illuminates the word love on the Remembrance Stone, which is below the Sanctuary floor. This is because the special design of the Shrine with 2 mirrors installed. I am so eager to wait and see this sunlight on that day.

This is how the light illuminates the word love (adapted from Theage 2014)

One thing to remember is that the Shrine opening time from 10am to 5pm, as It was 5pm when I arrived here the first time, so I needed to come again the day after.  Another place you can visit and go for a beautiful walk is the Royal Botanic Garden nearby the Shrine. Come and enjoy your trip around the city. :)

References:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/eleven-things-you-may-not-know-about-remembrance-day-20141110-11jst7.html

https://www.expedia.com.au/Shrine-Of-Remembrance-Melbourne.d6061039.Attraction

https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Placestogo/MelbourneLandmarks/Historic/Pages/4465.aspx

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Detail on the former Melbourne Stock Exchange. Built in the Victorian period in Neo-Gothic style. #gothicrevival #neogothic #gothic #gothicstyle #est1891 #williampitt #architecture #building #gothicarchitecture #buildingdesign #buildingdetail #city #urban #landmark #gargoyle #stonework #melbourne #melbournelandmark #buildingphotography #cityphotography #urbanphotography (at ANZ Australia 'Gothic Bank' 388 Collins Street)