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| Brisbane Arcade was built in 1923 and is an interesting shopping destination. |
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| Ann St Presbyterian Church built 1858 |
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| Built 1889 -1890 |
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| Ironically, this heritage-listed building now houses a franchise fast food store |
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| Built to be the headquarters for AMP (1931 - 1934) but was commandeered as the base for American General Douglas Macarthur in 1942 and renamed Macarthur's chambers. |
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| The Old Windmill is Brisbane's oldest surviving building. It was built in 1828 by convicts. |
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| This Art Deco building is in the Brisbane Queen St Mall |
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| In its day, the Telegraph was reportedly one of the best pictorial newspapers in the country (1872 - 1988) |
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| If only the modern buildings had this much character! |
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| St Stephens Cathedral |
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| The Commissariat Store was built by convicts in 1829 |
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| According to the Brisbane City Council, "The Green House" was built between 1906 and 1907 and its first tenant was Dr Thomas Morgan. The house represents Wickham Terrace's rise as Brisbane's renowned medical precinct. It later became a boarding house. |
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| The Bank of NSW building was built in 1928 |
There are some beautiful buildings in Brisbane and there’d be far more if there wasn’t a sad tradition of knocking them down.
ReplyDeleteI love Brisbane's architecture. It is so varied.
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