'The Herald & Weekly Times Building'

Had another walk around town today at lunchtime and snapped a few photos of the old Herald & Weekly Times Building which has now been heritage listed.

The original part of the building is a 5 storey concrete encased steel structure with a commercial neo-classical facade which features giant ionic order pilasters. It was originally constructed in 3 stages between 1921 & 1928 by Clements Langford. The design was by HW & FB Tompkins Architects.

The Herald and Weekly Times building is of historical, social and architectural significance to the state of Victoria.The Herald and Weekly Times building is important for reasons of its symbolic, cultural and social associations. The building saw the production of the most popular newspapers in Victoria, including the Herald, the Sun News-Pictorial, the Sporting Globe and the Weekly Times. The monumental scale of the building symbolises the enormous cultural influence that these newspapers enjoyed in the public imagination. The additions to the building, particularly those undertaken during the 1920s, demonstrate the rapid expansion of the Herald and Weekly Times which by 1927 possessed the largest newspaper plant in Australia.

As I was walking around town I noticed that we have been inundated by British & Irish Lions supporters who are all in town to see the big game at Etihad Stadium tomorrow night between the Lions & our Wallabies rugby team. Red shirts and jackets dominated today.

Last day of the school term today also, 2 weeks of holidays start tonight. Just about to sit back with a beer and watch Carlton take on the Sydney Swans up in Sydney.

Happy weekend all.