#blog12daysxmas Day 5 Dripping Fingers

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of week 50 of the the 2014 Flickr Challenge Friday group for the theme of "Fingers".

Technology for Social Justice 52/25/2 #fp13 #blogjune Day 22

Infoxchange 52/25/2, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Technology for Social Justice proclaims the former offices of Infoxchange in Johnston St., Abbotsford. Infoxchange who did ground breaking work empowering people in public housing by providing them access to the internet may not inhabit this building in Abbotsford any more but their message still speaks out.  Infoxchange are now operating from premises in Richmond just behind the public housing highrises.  You can read about them here.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Technology".

Johnston Street alight 52/22/3 #fp13 #illumination #blogjune Day 9

Johnston Street alight 52/22/3 #fp13 #illumination, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Johnston Street Collingwood comes alight at night when peak period traffic zooms along it in both directions. This photo was taken for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Illumination".

Yarra Hotel 52/20/1

Yarra Hotel 52/20/1, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the Flickr Friday Photos 2012 challenge under the theme of "water".
  

In Melbourne one of the words that is synonymous with water is "Yarra" the name of the river on which the city was established. In Collingwood where much of the eastern border of the former municipality was formed by the Yarra the river played a significant part in its development.

This photograph is of the Yarra Hotel situated in Johnston Street, Abbotsford about five minutes walk from the Yarra. The first hotel on this site from 1855 was a brick building, and took its name from the original proprietor Mrs Margaret Mackay. From about 1864 the name changed to the Yarra Hotel and the initial building was replaced later in the nineteenth century by the existing ornate late Victorian hotel in the mannerist style.

Victoria has a number of Italianate hotels built around this period, but the Yarra is an outstanding example due to the scale of its distinctive pediment and rendered ornamentation, which remain largely intact, although the painting of the render work is to be deplored. This black and white photo gives a good sense of what the hotel must have looked like.

Chocolate Paradise Pty Ltd 52/15/1

Chocolate Paradise Pty Ltd 52/15/1, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo is part of the Collingwood Historical Society's contribution to the Flickr Friday Photo 2012 challenge under the theme of Ester.

This shop at 312-314 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, has long been a tempting destination for those with a sweet tooth. Easter is one of its busiest times.
Photo by Pat Miller