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MELBOURNE FIGHTING TO SAVE METROPOLITAN

Posted on June 29th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne City Council is fighting back against what it sees as the ongoing loss of the city’s historic pubs, pleading for heritage protection on the under-threat Metropolitan Hotel. Built 1854, the modest two-storey Victorian building on the corner of William

UPDATE: LONDON HOTEL FAILS HERITAGE APPLICATION

Posted on September 19th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_6178" align="alignright" width="374"] London Hotel, Port Melbourne. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria[/caption] A 139-year-old pub in Port Melbourne has lost another battle in the attempt to save it from the wrecking ball. Plans by the freehold owner, a

COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce