A corner of the Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda is in the foreground. The neighbouring Arrandale apartments, at 8-10 The Esplanade, is in the background. Arrandale was built on a prime piece of land overlooking Port Phillip Bay. Until the 1970s, the land was the site of Wickcliffe, a mansion built in about 1873 and converted in 1912 to a cafe and theatre called Arcadia and subsequently The Dandies open Air Theatre. The image was published with an article in Shout newspaper about the expectation that there would be more high rise flats, such as Arrandale, along the Upper Esplanade.Black and white photograph, unmounteddavid rae collection, st kilda, arrandale, the esplanade

For Cinderella dance at the Dandies' at Wickliffe House St Kilda. Wickcliffe House was an elaborate wedding cake of a house, built in 1873 on one of the prime pieces of land in St Kilda overlooking the bay. In 1912 it was converted to cafe and theatre called Arcadia and subsequently The Dandies open Air Theatre. It was demolished in.the 1970's and the land is now occupied by Arrandale, one of the last high rises to be built along the foreshore. Wickliffe was built for John Dickson Wyelaskie who was a higly successful parstoralist in the Western District. Yellow cardboard printed one side in dark blueHandwritten notation in red ink, mostly illegible, dated 27/6/16 wickliffe house, the dandies