Lanes
Cars ruin park
Newspaper article commenting on decision not to reduce car parking in Yarra Park. Reverse has article about the importance of bluestone to Melbourne's heritage and the Council's moves to protect it. Leader May 17, 2004.
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East Melbourne, Burchett Lane 015
Description:
The structure is almost invisible. It presents as a large brick cube covered in Virginia creeper. Corners of the roof have been cut away to allow for two small garden spaces which act as light wells.
History:
In 1868 the Church of England completed its first East Melbourne vicarage on land granted to it on the south side of Hotham Street, near Hoddle Street, one half acre in all. Today its address would be 21-25 Hotham Street, which address now holds two blocks of apartments. The vicarage was built on the western half of the block leaving the rest as garden.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Place
Photo of the lane which runs between 164 and 168 Hotham Street, East Melbourne
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Robert Russell Lane maps
Two maps showing Robert Russell Lane in East Melbourne. The maps provide some details of changing surface treatments, land owners and local features.
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Streetwise
Short newspaper article explaining origin of Lansdowne Street's name. Leader, 22 Feb. 2004. Also real estate flyer in form of quiz on origin of street names.
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What's in a Name? The Lanes of East Melbourne
Booklet published by the East Melbourne Historical Society, November 2008.
Quotation from the Introduction:
East Melbourne’s lanes are an integral part of its historic character. Their bluestone cobbles lead us back to the nineteenth century in a way smoothly tarmacked roads cannot.
The lanes were never part of Robert Hoddle’s original plan for East Melbourne.
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