Collins Street: The Story of Australia's Premier Street
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Author: Judith Raphael Buckrich
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 300
Collins Street is almost 170 years old and it has been rebuilt several times, yet its status as the grandest street of one of the great cities of the Victorian age has never been in question. It is an urban landscape upon which many masters have worked and work today. Its fine nineteenth century heritage is still strongly evident, adding depth and richness to that of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since the 1830s, Collins Street has been Melbourne's most famous elegant street. Besides being a commercial, financial and civic centre, the street became a point of social display: if you were not seen 'doing the block' between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets at the end of the 19th century, you didn't have a social life.
Author: Judith Raphael Buckrich
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 300
Collins Street is almost 170 years old and it has been rebuilt several times, yet its status as the grandest street of one of the great cities of the Victorian age has never been in question. It is an urban landscape upon which many masters have worked and work today. Its fine nineteenth century heritage is still strongly evident, adding depth and richness to that of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since the 1830s, Collins Street has been Melbourne's most famous elegant street. Besides being a commercial, financial and civic centre, the street became a point of social display: if you were not seen 'doing the block' between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets at the end of the 19th century, you didn't have a social life.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Judith Raphael Buckrich
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 300
Collins Street is almost 170 years old and it has been rebuilt several times, yet its status as the grandest street of one of the great cities of the Victorian age has never been in question. It is an urban landscape upon which many masters have worked and work today. Its fine nineteenth century heritage is still strongly evident, adding depth and richness to that of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since the 1830s, Collins Street has been Melbourne's most famous elegant street. Besides being a commercial, financial and civic centre, the street became a point of social display: if you were not seen 'doing the block' between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets at the end of the 19th century, you didn't have a social life.
Author: Judith Raphael Buckrich
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 300
Collins Street is almost 170 years old and it has been rebuilt several times, yet its status as the grandest street of one of the great cities of the Victorian age has never been in question. It is an urban landscape upon which many masters have worked and work today. Its fine nineteenth century heritage is still strongly evident, adding depth and richness to that of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since the 1830s, Collins Street has been Melbourne's most famous elegant street. Besides being a commercial, financial and civic centre, the street became a point of social display: if you were not seen 'doing the block' between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets at the end of the 19th century, you didn't have a social life.
Collins Street: The Story of Australia's Premier Street