diamanté-covered shapes of an ice-cream cone, pineapple, and cocktail
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diamanté-covered shapes of an ice-cream cone, pineapple, and cocktail
a file of rubbish in a bag on a street, topped with a gay party poster
#SmithSt #Midsumma Pride of Victoria Street Party: the morning after.
photographs of two men with ice-creams and a crowd under trees hung with streamers
photographs of a stage performance, an inflatable rainbow 🌈, three shop-front performers, and two shops
photographs of street festival tents and umbrellas, and a man in the street
photographs of crowds under trees
#GertrudeSt #SmithSt #PeelSt #Midsumma Pride of Victoria Street Party. Ice-creams and crowds.
two photographs of tchotchkes on a shop shelf
Our local #SmithSt chippy, #RockSaltAndVinegar, has transitioned and is now more reliable in its output, as well as less heteronormative.
four photographs of empty supermarket shelves and one of a half-eaten chocolate bar being held up in a supermarket
Visited #SmithSt Woolworths for the last time, the day before it closed for redevelopment (will it come back?) - lots of empty shelves but no bargains (except heavily discounted sweets!)
two men stand outside a restaurant
two photos of two men raising champagne glasses at each other
three photos of a three-course meal of French food
Taken to dinner at #Norma #SmithSt for my birthday. French food, not top notch but very nice, and a fine environment. Probably better as a casual diner for rich people.
a photograph of a former store, one inside the former shop, and a real estate poster showing domestic occupation inside
An oddity: it looks as if a #SmithSt shop is being marketed as a possible house? “4 bed, 1 bath, 4 car, 2 study”
image of proposed development showing a shop with apartments above
images of proposed development showing far views of an apartment development
images of proposed development showing garden areas and an apartment living space
images of proposed development showing apartment interiors
Promised #SmithSt development (seemingly ultra-luxurious; I’m finding it hard just to get more details but here are some images).
External & internal photo of a new tiny cinema under construction
photos of a red curtained clothes shop
former designer studio shopfront for lease
photos of an old shopfront that’s been turned into a ruined frontage to a show suite for a new development
Neighbourhood developments: new #EclipseCinema, empty shops full, used shops empty, promised #SmithSt development (1/2)
four photos of a shop being renovated and used in a makeshift way
Gradually, very gradually, the former venue on #SmithSt is renovated… so that part of it can be used (temporarily?) as #FitzroyPublicGallery
two photos showing a myriad of plush pigeon toys lined up along a shop front display
a restaurant dining area, with various signs and pictures
the exterior of a food outlet and a photo of the mural in the main area showing a decapitated man-monster
a Victorian shopfront and a sign in another shopfront
Things Happening in #SmithSt: the casual cool pop-up vibe of #ThePontianClub; #SouviSt’s ‘interesting’ mural; changes at the #Crumpler flagship store (‘forever’ is a very big claim!).
A hand-drawn sign in a child-like style showing two dogs and saying ‘No Dogs’. One dog holds a bunch of flowers in their mouth.
a part of machinery next to the aeroplane labelled ‘Skytanking’
a man’s legs in an aeroplane seat surrounded by lots of room and no one else nearby
a view of Sydney from an aeroplane window of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge
Trip to #Sydney started with a cute sign at #Burnside #SmithSt when getting coffee; alarmed at ‘skytanking’ message as we board the plane 😳; exit seat space - didn’t even have to pay extra for it! And a nice view to welcome us to syn city.
photos of a shop occupied by an old photobooth, its instructions, a film drop box, and a vending machine for film and cameras
a poster for a photobooth exhibition at RMIT Gallery
a flowe mural in a shop partially obscured by leafy plants in the window
a new neo-Brutalist building pretending to be off-form concrete, with a Modernist-inspired, possibly apartment block sitting over a 70s-style lower block with retail and possibly offices
#SmithSt #Collingwood scenes: the new(ish) photobooth in a rare non-occupied moment (and an ad for the exhibition currently at #RMIT Gallery); glimpse into a new flowery store; lights on in the ugliest new neo-#Modernist/neo-#Brutalist apartments.
four views of an eating place covered with white tiles, signs, neon lights, etc
a red drink backlit by a candle
#latergram Dinner at #HotelJesus #SmithSt. The fit-out is still fabulous; the food, while very nice, wasn’t as stand-out as I remembered from years ago; and apparently it’s just changed ownership. But still as popular as ever!
Sign on a supermarket glass-fronted fridge ‘Heat from our fridges is repurposed to warm this store’
Practical sustainability (ie cost saving) at #Coles #SmithSt
a graphic print showing a cage of black cockatoo silhouettes against a dusky orange-pink-mauve sky
Amok Island’s screenprint ‘Carnaby’s Cockatoo at Dusk’ at #OutreGallery #SmithSt (framed for $395)
two 1970s lounge chairs with a low wall-mounted LED screen showing a film of a log fire
Sunday arvo drinks at #Grouse #SmithSt #Fitzroy with the /idea/ of a roaring fire
Views through the front window of a very old shoe shop fitout
Opportunistic photos of #Alexanders, the #SmithSt shoe shop that’s a remarkable time slip. Reviews are uniformly strong, too!
The entrance to the National Gallery of Victoria by day and by night
The Federation Square Metro Tunnel huge acoustic shed being dismantled, the cathedral spires behind them
the photobooth in a Smith Street Collingwood shop window at night
#NGVI day/night
#FedSquare tunnel shed is coming down!
#SmithSt photobooth
A repurposed shop now containing a n old Photobooth and a vending machine. The shop’s black and white check lino floor dominates.
In a closed shop at the unfashionable end of #SmithSt an old photo booth has been placed, with a film & camera vending machine. And it’s a hit! I took this pic on the only evening that I’ve been past when there weren’t people in the shopfront…
Cocktails, glasses of water, candle
Bottles of various vinegars, mead, and pickles
As La Bohemia didn’t have its liquor licence yet we went across #SmithSt to #Babines for an after-dinner drink.
Collage of food and eaters
Colourful wall murals
Saturday night out: #LaBohemia, new Chilean eatery on #SmithSt - lovely food and friendly service, despite the understaffing problem. The food leans more towards the ‘comfort’ end of the spectrum, and more Chilean patrons kept arriving!
Two men sit and selfie
An empty bar
Collage of drag performers performing drag
Collage of toilet art: a Mattisy print of squiggles, and graffiti of flags
Early Sunday evening drinks at #Mollies #SmithSt; a lot more people turned up in time for the drag performance!
An ugly new building
An ugly new building from the front
Neo-#Brutalist apartments being built on #SmithSt. Unlike the usual neo-Bs going up everywhere, these don’t seem determined to improve on the originals…
Collage: street performers in emu suits; people in winged costumes; feathers, flowers and arseless chaps
Collage: streets with some, and later lots, of people
Collage: streets with some, and later lots, of people; also performance stages and a drag performer in a window
#latergram #VictoriasPride Street Party for #Midsumma on #SmithSt, #GertrudeSt & #PeelSt: not too hot (!) so filled up by mid-afternoon, earlier than usual. Lots of activities, lots of people, lots of fun - bonus Carrotman too!
Four men having drinks in a pub
Auslan demonstration in a tent
Collage of colourful umbrellas, street jenga, free Greens ice-cream
#latergram #VictoriasPride Street Party for #Midsumma: wandered up and down #SmithSt, #GertrudeSt & #PeelSt. We had plenty of pitstops (lunch, drinks, intro to Auslan) and retired just after 6pm.
Photos taken through windows showing ripped up flooring and general mess.
#SmithSt venue closed in controversy, was half-way through a remake, then has been evicted by the landlord…
The good folk from #PlugNickel are renovating this space to become #BabinesBar - formerly UBQ, Lantern Lounge, a Turkish restaurant, an Asian supermarket, a junk shop, etc etc… #SmithSt #Collingwood