Courtesy of Fitzroy Local History Photograph Collection

Granite Terrace: 1-9 Gertrude Street. Fitzroy, Victoria.

Granite Terrace (pictured here in 1958 a hundred years after its construction in 1858) is one of those buildings for which I wish I had a time machine to plead with developers not to demolish.  Armed with the knowledge of what was there before it is a painful experience to see what is there today.  Granite Terrace, a three storey Regency style terrace flanked another famous Melbourne terrace completed the same year – Royal Terrace.  Read more... (389 words, 3 images)