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Archive for November, 2009

I don’t like housework

Posted in Exhibition St, Fitzroy on November 30th, 2009

I can’t tell if this is rubbish dumping or performance art. This abandoned ironing board on Exhibition St looks too neat and tidy to be random.

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another satisfying dinner at Soul Food cafe, Smith St

Posted in Fitzroy, Smith St on November 30th, 2009

I caught up for a friend recently for a long Friday night gossip at Soul Food cafe on Smith St. I devoured some tasty nachos while she enjoyed the potato broccoli and apple soup.

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deflated

Posted in Fitzroy, Victoria St on November 29th, 2009

The Fitzroy Revolution cycle shop on Victoria St has the most intense orange bins.

deflated

Fitzroy history – it was fifty years ago today on Greeves St

Posted in Fitzroy, Fitzroy St, Greeves St on November 29th, 2009

This photo c1959 shows what I think is the north side of Greeves St facing west away from Brunswick St from the corner of Fitzroy St. The original photo may have been reversed because the description in the Picture Victoria site does not make sense: “View of South side, looking West towards Brunswick Street.” The houses on the south side of the street facing west are almost a mirror image, with two storied houses on each end of the street and single storey terraces in between, but the chimneys of the corner house on the south side don’t match the photo, whereas the northern side house does match the photo once it is reversed. The streetscape has barely changed.

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Houses by Alfred Kursteiner, built in 1870-71. Courtesy of Fitzroy local history photograph collection / ID: 15186 / photographer: unknown / copyright: used under the fair dealings provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 / c1959

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