I stole the image, just put it up to show similar ideas at that time for design construction. Currently just finished another part of renovation.
It most certainly is a great shot and the building of the time were certainly grandiose. I feel many skills have been lost with the current trends in public buildings.
Unfortunately today we seem to have lost pride in many buildings more opting for what appears to be temporary options.
If they're not already, many of these beautiful old buildings need to be listed on a national register to preserve them.
I wasn't saying that you took the photo Craig, just saying that it was a great shot.
Definitely worth posting.
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Albury also has the longest and coldest platform in Australia. So my Dad reckoned in July 1944, about 4 am. They were stopped at Southern End, got off the broad guage train and then marched to the Northern end to get on a standard guage train, on the way to Cowra to guard the P O W camp. ( sorry Ivan for digressing, you put up some great shots of another hot/cold joint).
Albury also has the longest and coldest platform in Australia. So my Dad reckoned in July 1944, about 4 am. They were stopped at Southern End, got off the broad guage train and then marched to the Northern end to get on a standard guage train, on the way to Cowra to guard the P O W camp. ( sorry Ivan for digressing, you put up some great shots of another hot/cold joint).
Not a worry Craig,
I love any Aussie history. I am glad these pics we put up generate great conversation and stories.
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Not my image, Flinders Street railway station. Lots of memories, I swam across the intersection of Flinders & Elizabeth Sts when Melbourne CBD flooded.
Ah , Flinders St, stand there long enough, bound to see someone you know. Or, stand there waiting for a taxi anytime after midnight and freeze your whatevers off!!
-- Edited by Craig1 on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 08:44:32 AM
The architect who designed and built that station was "Gingerbread George" Troup. Apparently he didn't embrace the architecture of the day and decided on a Flemish Renaissance style.
It seems a tad gaudy for a railway station, looks more like someone's palace.
