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The current trams to Fitzroy started in 1956 for the Olympics. Before that, they had double decker buses going up Nicholson Street to East Brunswick, but only single "decker" buses up Smith Street because the turn from Nicholson onto Gertrude (where the inspectors always get on) was too sharp for a double decker bus.
» housing estate |
Fitzroy has lots of housing commission estates - the first one was built in the mid fifties. The ones that dominate the Fitzroy skyline are at the corner of Brunswick and Gertrude Streets - the second ones to be built, demolishing many small cottages to make space. The high-rise estate's corner touches a Conservation Area which is on the National Estate Register. The building in the picture is one of five buildings on this estate.
» black cat |
One of the icons of Brunswick Street opposite Vassette, The Black Cat cafe, auctioned off its goods and reopened in January as the Black Cat Cabaret nightclub. The cafe was a fifties diner with menu items like nutty chilliburgers. The Black Cat was started in 1982 by Henry Maas and his partners Toni and Bruce Edwards on the ground floor below his apartment. Later Henry went on to found the Nightcat on Johnston Street. Read about "mourning the senseless killing of a cafe" here.
The Eastern Hill firestation on Victoria Street displays the Legend of Fire mural by Harold Freeman. It covers a five story high wall. It was drawn as a colour cartoon one quarter the size, then enlarged to the installation size.
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Last updated: 13th October, 2001
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