A row of identical late Victorian era terrace houses c.1886, in varying states of repair, but all retain the original cast iron balcony railings and trim known as “Sydney Lace”. There were about 90 different designs to choose from by 1890, after which they fell out of fashion. Stanmore.
Street party. Hasn’t been one for a while. Unthinkable a year ago. 95% of folks aged 16+ in the Inner West are fully vaccinated against Covid19. Leichhardt.
Galah or Pink & Grey Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla). Much loved bird; they’re here, but not seen nearly enough around these parts. One of the many endemic parrots. Newtown.
Inter-war period art deco house in the “P&O Style”. An eccentric lived here for many years, but it now looks like the joint is being stripped out. Unlikely to survive. Earlwood.
New brutalist-style house. A couple of two storey late Victorian era terraces houses like those down the street would have been demolished to make way for this. That’s a shitload of cash for über-lux. Chippendale.
Heritage Listed mainline sewer viaduct (1898-99). Built to bring the first sewerage to the Inner West as a job creation project near the end of almost a decade of economic depression, but a wide network of sewers didn’t become a reality until the 1930’s. A fancy design of brick and cast iron latticing was rejected, in favour of this - the first instance of steel reinforced concrete employed in Sydney architecture as a cost saving measure. 990 feet long. Constructed over almost two years, it’s required only minor repairs since and remains operational. Annandale.
Abandoned late Victorian era semi-detached villa, with built-in balcony and bricked-up window. The one next door has been demolished, so this one’s probably heading for the same fate. Rozelle.
Mabel Villa (1886). Elaborately embellished late-Victorian era terrace house, with original cast iron balcony featuring railings known as “Sydney Lace”. Peak ostentatious fashion at the time. Still is. Stanmore.
A nod to the Ol’ Queenie’s Jubilee from one of the last outposts of Empire. There he is. Up there. On the hospital. Who? Albert, HRH the Prince Consort (from 1840-61).
This here’s the Albert Pavilion to match the reverse mirror image Victoria Pavilion (1901-03), designed by NSW Govt. Architect, Walter Liberty Vernon, in the “classical Federation-style”. Mansfield Bros. contracting in Sydney Sandstone and Red Brick. Originally built to commemorate the death of Queen Victoria (1901), it was the new “men’s wing” of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA), on the north side of the original building established in 1882. Women were treated in the Victoria wing to the south. This pavilion also cared for thousands of wounded soldiers from both World Wars, and is still used as regular hospital wards today. The statute of Albert and a matching one of Victoria are both nine foot tall, made of hammered copper by sculptor James White at his nearby Annandale workshop. The RPA is now one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious public hospitals in the land. Camperdown.
