Gibson House, electrical goods warehouse, later Campari Bistro, 23-25 Hardware Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Gibson House, electrical goods warehouse, later Campari Bistro, 23-25 Hardware Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 104653
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:Period: Inter-WarDATE: 1932-3;ASSOCIATIONS: A-H. Gibson (Electrical Co. P/L.);DESIGNER: Cowper, Murphy & Appleford;BUILDER: McLennan Bros., East Malvern.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.LOVELL CHEN 2017. GUILDFORD & HARDWARE LANEWAYS PRECINCT - PRECINCT CITATIONGuildford and Hardware Laneways Precinct Property Schedule21-25 Hardware Lane Campari House Contributory Three storey interwar offices.MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIASection 1, Map 13, west side of lane1888,1910 site of Kirk's Bazaar1925 subdivision marked out- site vacant1948 Hardware St, 21-25, 3 storey masonry - all floors, columns and beams R. Concrete, R Concrete , stairs south side. Entry also from west in Kirks Lane.LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 40222 Cowper, Murphy & Appleford; VIC Office Buildings; Shops 1933 3 7 - COWPER, MURPHY & APPLEFORD Work under way for construction for shop & office premises for A-H. Gibson (Electrical Co. P/L.) in Hardware St., mid way between Bourke St. & Little Bourke St. on the west-side. Article. Age 7.3.1933 in Royal Victorian Institute of Architects press cuttings (SLV) 1933-4.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349574-0040923-27:1932 Dec 14104 ₤3000 Erection of building1933 Nov 14804 electric sign on face of building…1956 illuminated projecting sign ..etc1968 June 39862 $2000 alts to ground level and sign1972 alts and connecting of building1975 alts to a restaurant…23-25.TRAVELLER.COM 2021https://www.traveller.com.au/the-coffeeloving-mother-who-helped-end-a-restaurant-siege-gtxdtsOriginally another of Melbourne's old-school timber and terrazzo Italian cafes, Campari was opened in 1968. Located in Hardware Lane, off Bourke Street, all three levels of its building were converted into a funky eatery, lounge and rooftop bar in 2010 but hints of its past remain..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1933https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204897987NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS...modernistic designs for windows tend more and more to broad expanses of plate glass in metal or wrought-iron frames, with a band above or leadlights of geometrical patterns…outside wall surfaces…are being finished with brick piers and panels and in uniformity with present-day ideas scarcely any details are being applied..1934, 1938Advertising by AH Gibson.1954£24,000BUILDING sold-A three-storey brick building at 21-25 Hardware Street. Bought by Max Wurker (1930) Pty Ltd stationers and printers.
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