 Former Melbourne General Post Office  Inside the sorting hall after conversion into upmarket shopping arcade The Melbourne General Post Office or GPO, is a landmark building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bourke Street in the heart of the Melbourne CBD. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (500x667, 295 KB) Summary Melbourne GPO Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (500x667, 295 KB) Summary Melbourne GPO Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...
Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
Elizabeth Street is one of the main north-south streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. ...
Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district(CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...
The foundation stone was laid in 1859 and built to the design of A.E.Johnson in the Renaissance Revival style.
The building was later extended in 1887 with a larger clock tower, extra storeys and applied with a Second Empire styled mansard roofline. Plans for the building were never completed. The canonical example of Second Empire style is the Opéra Garnier, in which Neo-Baroque meets Neo-Renaissance. ...
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, marble bust by Jean-Louis Lemoyne: a full-dress Baroque portrait bust demonstrates that the Kings architect is no mere craftsman Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris, April 16, 1646 – Marly, France, May 11, 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the...
The interior sorting hall was redesigned between 1907 and 1919.
In 1992, the GPO no longer functioned as an office of Australia Post. A planning application for an upmarket shopping mall was approved. Australia Post is the government-owned postal service monopoly of Australia. ...
A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ...
A hotel development with thirteen-storey hotel was proposed, but never eventuated.
The hall was gutted by fire in 2001.
The building was restored as a retail centre in 2004. Plans to complete the building were shelved in favour of a modern extension on the northern side.
The building now forms a major arcade running from Bourke Street through to Little Bourke Street. Arcade can mean several things: Arcade (architecture) - A passage or walkway, often including retailers. ...
Little Bourke Street is a street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
It opened for business as a new upmarket retail centre in 2005.
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