Moses' shop & factory, later Neos Kosmos, 231-233 Russell Street, Melbourne
Graeme Butler and Associates01/07/1989
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Moses' shop & factory, later Neos Kosmos, 231-233 Russell Street, Melbourne
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01/07/1989
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BIF-CITY 108554
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATE: 1923; ASSOCIATIONS: Moses, Leopold;DESIGNER: Blackett Forster & Craig;BUILDER: J. Leslie GillonPeriod: Interwar 1916-1925Sign 1984: Neos Kosmos; Sapphire Pawnbrokers.GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceShop and factory 231·233 Russell StreetHistoryBuilt: 1923Architects, Blackett, Forster & Craig designed this 'shop and factory' in 1923 for Leopold Moses of Murphy Street, South Yarra. It was estimated to cost £4000 and the contractor was J. Leslie Gillon. 1 The building's early major occupiers were a (233) tailor. Charles Curran (c1930s-40s) and an agent, William J. Carroll (231).2 Meanwhile the upstairs factory was leased to a tyre company and a theatre company in the 1930s and (1st floor) Janlep Underwear Supply with Janover Moses (2nd), and Jacob Lestitinsky there in the 1940s. Ownership changed from Moses to his company (also of Murphy Street, South Yarra), Warilda Investments P/L (1930s), then to Hurbert Levi (1940s) and Edward Love & Co. P/L {1950s).3DescriptionBuilt from reinforced concrete this becomes particularly evident at the rear where board-formed bare concrete expresses a vastly different image to the front. In contrast, the front is smooth rendered in an austere Greek Revival manner with large window areas, metal frames and a shallow pediment at the parapet. Construction drawings show unpartitioned areas on each floor, with exposed roof trusses on the top level. Shopfronts have bordered leaded top lights with limber-framed fully glazed doors (multi· paned).Part of the original shopfront survives on (231) along with the overall plan and suspended canopy (with pressed metal soffit) above.External IntegrityMajor part of the shopfront replaced on the old plan, signs added, some upper level windows reframed with attached air units.StreetscapeContributes to a cohesive 19th and early 20th century commercial streetscape.SignificanceAn architecturally undistinguished facade but with a long Jewish association, corresponding with adjacent Russell Street buildings.Contributes to precinct.Notes1 CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS (BA) 5126.5/5/1923; Municipal rate books [RB] 1924, 12512 RB1945,866f.; RB1940, 919f.;RB1935, 1196f.3 lbtd.;RB1950, 866f..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM_________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDY_________________________________________City of Melbourne online mapsA three storey rendered retail building with ground level retail. Built in 1923._________________________________________WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2020Neos Kosmos (newspaper)Founded in 1957 by Dimitri Gogos, Bill Stefanou and noted author Alekos Doukas. It is published by Ethnic Publications Pty Ltd, and is Australia's longest standing Greek community newspaper_________________________________________
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