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Fitzroy history – from printing factory to fashion school

The Melbourne School of Fashion, a registered training organisation, is located in a fabulous art deco factory building, formerly a printing business, on the corner of George and Webb streets in Fitzroy.

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Courtesy of SLV / ID: a19352 / photographer: Lyle Fowler / copyright: expired – image is in the public domain / c1940-1949

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One Response to “Fitzroy history – from printing factory to fashion school”

  1. Robin Grow Says:

    Great to see this building gaining some recognition – it remains one of Fitzroy’s interwar gems (becoming rarer now that the Penfolds factory has been demolished). Incidentally, the replacement building was cited as “an icon that will indicate the entry to Fitzroy” during the battle to preserve the old building.

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