Both sketches are sketched in my handmade sketchbook 8"x7.5" Lamy pen and watercolour.
Allgas Building
This
building was erected in 1885 for the drapery and outfitting firm of
Allan & Stark, and named Caledonian House Along with a number of
prominent South Brisbane firms, Allan & Stark moved across the river
to higher ground after the disastrous floods of 1893. Caledonian House
was firstly leased to the Queensland National Bank in 1897 and the bank
purchased the building in 1909
The South Brisbane Gas & Light Co leased a portion of the building in 1897, and remained there after the building was purchased by the bank. The building went through a series of different changes and was eventually bought by South Brisbane Gas & Light in 1967. This company became Allgas Energy in 1971.
Until just recently DM Jazz bar leased the building, and I have had a few nights in there sketching listening to jazz over a glass of red. It is now Munich Biergarten.
The South Brisbane Gas & Light Co leased a portion of the building in 1897, and remained there after the building was purchased by the bank. The building went through a series of different changes and was eventually bought by South Brisbane Gas & Light in 1967. This company became Allgas Energy in 1971.
Until just recently DM Jazz bar leased the building, and I have had a few nights in there sketching listening to jazz over a glass of red. It is now Munich Biergarten.
See the Uni-cyclist above?
Artist John Underwood, made 175 fibreglass and wire
"Human factor" sculptures for Expo '88
There are 3 that I know of left in the city, the others were repurposed or sold to international visitors.
Plough
Inn is significant historically as a rare surviving remnant of the
commercial and shipping heart of South Brisbane in the late 19th
century. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
The Plough Inn was built in 1864 by publican Daniel Costigan, an Irish
Publican. It replaced a previous, less substantial structure on the
site, which had functioned as the Plough Inn since
1864. The new building was erected during South Brisbane's heyday and
was part of the 1880s boom-time reconstruction of Stanley Street
premises.
There is a story....... The bottom half of the hotel was exactly that, the top floor was a red light area. The publican in the 1920's caught his wife supplementing their income, and throttled her on the top floor verandah, and threw her off onto the road below. her ghost remains, as does the ghost of a wee girl who was drowned in the cellars in the 1893 flood. It has been said you can still hear the little girl calling for her mummy.
There is a story....... The bottom half of the hotel was exactly that, the top floor was a red light area. The publican in the 1920's caught his wife supplementing their income, and throttled her on the top floor verandah, and threw her off onto the road below. her ghost remains, as does the ghost of a wee girl who was drowned in the cellars in the 1893 flood. It has been said you can still hear the little girl calling for her mummy.
This photo of both the buildings was taken in 1987, a year before the clearing of the area for EXPO '88
Three of us made it to coffee
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