Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. Corner Nott and Farrell Streets Two images ; 1970s prior to redevelopment of unusual octagonal building; 2012 after redevelopment of public housingbuilt environment - domestic, nott street, farrell street

Gary Spivak was an officer of the City of Port Phillip involved with the reconstruction of heritage buildings to create low cost housing. this project was under his direction.B&W photos taken by Gary Spivak in 2003 during the construction process to turn Excelsior Hall into public housing units. 01 - View of reconstruction from Princes Street, entrance removedbuilt environment - civic, town planning, heritage, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league, public housing

Gary Spivak was an officer of the City of Port Phillip involved with the reconstruction of heritage buildings to create low cost housing. this project was under his direction. B&W photos taken by Gary Spivak in 2003 during the construction process to turn Excelsior Hall into public housing units. 02 - Interior view showing bracing and original trussesbuilt environment - civic, town planning, heritage, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league, public housing

Gary Spivak was an officer of the City of Port Phillip involved with the reconstruction of heritage buildings to create low cost housing. this project was under his direction. B&W photos taken by Gary Spivak in 2003 during the construction process to turn Excelsior Hall into public housing units. 03 - Station St fireplacebuilt environment - civic, town planning, heritage, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league, public housing

Photo taken by Glen Stuart in 2005. Photo taken from Bridge St of completed renovations of Excelsior Hall - now housing units.built environment - civic, excelsior hall, rsl, returned services league, public housing

Colour photos of early redevelopment of Excelsior Hall to become public housing. . from the corner of Bridge and Princes Streets June 2003 . from the corner of Bridge and Station Streets August 2003 . interior demolition August 2003built environment - domestic, built environment - civic, excelsior hall

The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) plans were produced from the 1890s to the 1950s. They were crucial to the design and development of Melbourne's sewerage and drainage system. The plans, at a scale of 40 feet to 1 inch (1:480), provide a detailed historical record of Melbourne streetscapes and environmental features. Each plan covers one or two street blocks (roughly six streets), showing details of buildings, including garden layouts and ownership boundaries, and features such as laneways, drains, bridges, parks, municipal boundaries and other prominent landmarks as they existed at the time each plan was produced. (Source: State Library of Victoria)This plan forms part of a large group of MMBW plans and maps that was donated to the Society by the Mr Poulter, City Engineer of the City of Kew in 1989. Within this collection, thirty-five hand-coloured plans, backed with linen, are of statewide significance as they include annotations that provide details of construction materials used in buildings in the first decade of the 20th century as well as additional information about land ownership and usage. The copies in the Public Record Office Victoria and the State Library of Victoria are monochrome versions which do not denote building materials so that the maps in this collection are invaluable and unique tools for researchers and heritage consultants. A number of the plans are not held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria so they have the additional attribute of rarity.Original survey plan, issued by the MMBW to a contractor with responsibility for constructing sewers in the area identified on the plan within the Borough of Kew. The plan was at some stage hand-coloured, possibly by the contractor, but more likely by officers working in the Engineering Department of the Borough and later Town, then City of Kew. The hand-coloured sections of buildings on the plan were used to denote masonry or brick constructions (pink), weatherboard constructions (yellow), and public buildings (grey). This plan is the other half of Plan No.1571 representing the constructions to the west of Wellington Street before and in 1903/4. This plan represents the built environment in Edgevale Road, Wellington Street, Atkins Street, Annadale Street, Mortimer Street, and Cotham Road. Whereas there are smaller allotments and more modest housing stock facing Edgevale Road, larger blocks and more substantial houses are represented facing Cotham Road.melbourne and metropolitan board of works, detail plans, mmbw 1571, cartography