Saturday, September 07, 2019

Yet more Saturday pics

For someone suffering (what I think was) a bad episode of hayfever this week, Brisbane's weather is not helping.  It's under a dust cloud following a windy change last night: 


Well, you've probably seen worse, but we are used to pretty clear skies here.  The pool is the one on Gregory Terrace, quite liked for the modernist design of the building around it.

I went for a walk around Spring Hill, taking pics of old buildings. 


An old Masonic Temple that's been taken over by the equally mysterious Embroiderers Guild.   Or do the Masons still use the heavily curtained upstairs, I wonder.


A block of old flats (I wonder if strata titled now?) that is in good nick and I have always liked the look of.


Not sure if this is flats, but I only took the pic for the lions on top, as well as the mini flag pole, which makes it look a tad ship like.  

Next:


There are lots of these old workers cottage style houses in Spring Hill, and the latticed in porch is a common feature.  This one is rather extreme:  I get the feeling a Boo Radley character could be observing the passing children from in there, with no risk of being seen.  I always think that any lattice like this must make the house interior very dark.

I was surprised to walk down a side street to find a row of particularly old looking houses:


Maybe it was the open porches that made them look more attractive.  All seem occupied, and it reminded me a bit of some streets around Potts Point or Woolloomooloo in Sydney.

And finally, to ruin the ambiance, possibly the ugliest block of units in Brisbane:


The unit for sale, according to the sign, had "sophistication".  That's real estate talk for you.

1 comment:

GMB said...

I like the building, third picture from the top. There seems to be a tiny taper to it. Notice the extra supports on the left where the windows are rectangular. Whereas true arches are powerful in their own right. There is something real about the building. The pool looks very thoughtfully put together. Don't know about the others. The appeal of some of the others might be just in comparison to the poxyness of all the eye-pollution we see everywhere. But the third picture down is quite nice in its own right.