The Beautiful Manchester Unity Building by blinkings

Photography • Architecture • posted on Oct 29, 2009

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No event, other than the two World Wars, has had a greater effect on the morale, economic and the social life of Australians than the Great Depression of the early 1930's. The Building of the magnificent IOOF Manchester Unity Building inspired and convinced Melbournians that the building slump caused by the Depression was almost over. It is still one of Melbourne's most stylish architectural icons.

Comments (12)

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kgb224

2:56AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

Wonderful capture my friend.

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lizzibell

3:13AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

great capture...

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JuliSonne

3:24AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

Kollosale Aufnahme! Gibt eine tollen Hintergrund! Wieviel Menschen sich wohl hinter dieser Fassade aufhalten? Sehr gute Szene.

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thecytron

8:48AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

Great shot!

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flavia49

8:56AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

beautiful capture!

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efron_241

9:41AM | Thu, 29 October 2009

let's hope they demolish it

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blinkings

2:34PM | Thu, 29 October 2009

Efron....this beautiful building is protected by The National Trust....non-constructive comments such as this add nothing positive to this site, don't help me improve my photographic techniques...and basically are waste of time IMHO.

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beachzz

3:43PM | Thu, 29 October 2009

Those were hard times for so many people. It's wonderful that a building was able to help restore confidence so badly needed. You already know how I love your POV's!!

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auntietk

10:08PM | Thu, 29 October 2009

I've looked it up on the web, 'cause I wanted to see more. What a fabulous building! The few interior shots I was able to find make me drool to see more of the deco details inside. Wow!

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orig_buggy

6:05PM | Fri, 30 October 2009

it's fantastic ...wonder of different positions of the air conditioners

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bmac62

1:26PM | Sun, 01 November 2009

I always enjoy your big, tilting Melbourne building shots. Good info too.

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debbielove

9:52AM | Wed, 11 November 2009

A great looking shot... Really! Fine looking 'older' architecture'... You can just see the people leaping off... as it all becomes too much in the depression! Rob