The BuildingsLITTLE COLLINS STREET
The Georges Apartments
The building
Built in 1891, this Little Collins Street building began as a cyclorama before becoming the printing works of Specialty Press. Georges bought it in 1960 to expand its homewares business as the Hostess Store, and a 1995 conversion removed the roof to create the atrium, dividing the interior into apartments, retail and offices.
The doorstep
Three places within a short walk.
What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.
1
Nature571 m · 7 min walk
Birrarung Marr
The city's first major new parkland in a century, terraced down to the Yarra with a Wurundjeri name meaning river of mists.
2
Dining375 m · 5 min walk
Florentino
The upstairs Mural Room has been a grand Italian dining institution since the 1930s, its frescoes National Trust-classified.
3
Character215 m · 3 min walk
The Melbourne Athenaeum
Founded in 1839, it housed the city's first library and gallery and still runs a subscription library above Collins St.
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