A city lost & found : Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne / / Robyn Annear

• Autore: Annear Robyn
• Pubblicazione: Melbourne, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Disciplina: 994.51
• Soggetto topico: Construction industry - Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - History
• Soggetto geografico: Melbourne (Vic.) History; Melbourne (Vic.) Buildings, structures, etc History
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Chapter 1; Two Pounds in his Pocket; Chapter 2; Bigger Things; Chapter 3; Out of Hiding; Chapter 4; The Face of the City; Chapter 5; Spaniards, Pies and Monkeys; Chapter 6; Saved From the Wrecker's Pit; Chapter 7; As if Lives Are Being Lost; Chapter 8; A Way of Forgetting; Chapter 9; Forever; Chapter 10; You Never Know What Might be Under It; Chapter 11; Melba Always Stayed There; Chapter 12; Nothing But Memories; Chapter 13; All Buildings Removed; Chapter 14; All Things Come to an End; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain." - Herald, 1925.The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece and served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings i
• Titolo autorizzato: A city lost & found
• ISBN: 1-922231-41-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813299303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II