Tuesday, 26 February 2013

MELBOURNE GPO

Melbourne General Post Office (also known as Melbourne GPO) is located on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Street in Melbourne CBD, Australia and is currently listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The former purpose built post office building currently functions as a shopping mall, having been redeveloped by adaptive reuse in 2004.

The architectural style of the building is Classical with French Second Empire influences and was designed in the Victorian period by architect A.E Johnson. Its historical significance is also due to incorporating distinct sections built over a period of 48 years between 1859 and 1907, and multilayered architecture, as a result of the four floors being constructed at different times. A distinctive architectural element is the clock tower which dominates the intersection of the two streets. Its location is still used as a point of reference for the measure of distances from the centre of Melbourne.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme.



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3 comments:

  1. Unknown27 February 2013 at 05:18

    Love the angle of the middle image! This is a beautiful tower with clock!

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  2. Randy27 February 2013 at 08:33

    What a beautiful building.

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  3. eileeninmd27 February 2013 at 15:38

    Great captures! I really like the clock tower! The second shot is cool with the angle and the pretty sky. Well done. Have a great day!

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