Cosmopolitan Café, later San Lina Café also OVERSEAS MOTORS, 229 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Graeme Butler and Associates01/07/1989
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Cosmopolitan Café, later San Lina Café also OVERSEAS MOTORS, 229 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
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01/07/1989
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BIF-CITY 103604
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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ASSOCIATED RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:DATE: 1934-5;ASSOCIATIONS: Ribbands, Arthur of Northcote;DESIGNER: A.E. Hosking, Esq ?;BUILDER: A.E. Hosking, Esq of NorthcoteStyle: ModernePeriod: Inter-warNotable features: Tapestry brick banding..GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYShop and Residence229 Exhibition StreetHistoryBuilt: 1934-5Arthur Ribbands. of Green Street, Northcote, was the first owner of this brick shop and residence in 1934-5, then estimated to cost £1365.1 A.E. Hosking, Esq. was the builder. 2 Drawings show it as today, with the addition of a showcase-style shopfront with recessed entry lobby, metal frames and tiled margins.It was built on the site of Ribbands' Cosmopolitan Coffee Stall which had operated there since at least 1900. In c1934 the stall stood next to the revamped His Majesty's Theatre, the Comedy Cafe and the Macedonian Club.3 After 1935 it remained a cafe (Tony's), run by Charlotte Fletcher. Lily Varay and Josephine Russian, among others, ran it in the 1940s and 1950s, as the San Lina Cafe.4In the mid-1950s two accountants, named Cook, shifted the 'culinary emphasis' by displacing the restaurant.DescriptionTwo-storied with a stuccoed upper facade, striped with tapestry bricks. The parapet wall is stepped in the Moderne manner, with the familiar tri-partite motif used for detailing in the form of shallow recesses. However, despite the modern styling of the rest of the facade, the timber casement window frames, with small top-lights, are more typical of the Edwardian period.External IntegrityVerandah refaced; shopfront rebuilt.StreetscapeParapeted and stuccoed as the rest of the streetscape, but the horizontal window emphasis and stepped parapet form differ.SignificanceConnected by its use to the traditional theatre sites of the area, it no longer expresses this, being only representative of its construction date, and on the upper level only..GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYcites:1 Building Permit Application 15858. 29 /10/19342 Building Permit Application 158863 D19354 D1950, D1944-5;5 D1955KEY:CITY OF MELBOURNE RATE BOOKS (RB), CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS (BA), DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL (D)
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