Standing on the Corner
I love photographing buildings and I’ve been taking pictures in the city of Hobart for 15 years now. We have a lot of interesting old buildings and I wanted to be sure to record them all before something happened to them so my corners are street corners. Buildings located on street corners are often an interesting shape too.
This building used to be Hobart’s first automatic telephone exchange. About ten or twelve years ago it was converted to an apartment hotel. It stands on the corner of Davey Street and Sandy Bay Road. I go past it on the bus every time I go home from Hobart.
Formerly belonging to the power authority but now an apartment hotel this building stands on the corner of Davey St and Sandy Bay Road, Hobart. Built 1926.
Another interesting old building on the corner of Macquarie and Murray Streets is this one. Why do I take so many pictures on Murray Street? Well apart from the fact that there are some really cool buildings there I spend a lot of time there waiting for buses.
Another old building on the corner of Murray and Macquarie Streets
Corner of Murray & Macquarie Streets Hobart.
We are lucky in Hobart to have some great examples of art deco buildings. These next one belongs to Hobart City Council but was once the headquarters of the Hydro Electric Commission. The following one is used as government admin offices but there is a plan to turn it into a luxury hotel. I am particularly glad to have got a nice photo of it because the plan includes building a three storey addition on top of it that basically looks like a glass brick. I hate when they do that.
Former Hydro Electric Commission HQ. Built 1938-40. Now Hobart City Council offices. Corner Elizabeth and Davey Streets.
Office building, corner of Murray and Davey Streets.
And finally a pub which claims to be the oldest pub in Australia built around 1807. Another hotel in Tasmania disputes this as the Hope and Anchor has not continuously operated as a pub for all that time.
Hope and Anchor Tavern circa 1807. Corner of Macqurie and Market Place
Great photos – love the buildings.
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Thanks. Hobart has some really nice old buildings.
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If it wasn’t for the ugly new SUVs and modern day vehicles these photos would look like they were taken during the 1930s or something. Great shots. I hope I can some up with something as good.
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I tried to crop out the traffic as much as possible but would have spoiled the shape of the buildings to take out the whole road. We should go early in the morning some time when there is no traffic.
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I so like building that have a door in their corner. I also like your rounded corners instead of the hard 90 degree angles. Wonderful post.
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Naomi and I both really like art deco buildings.
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