Victoria Car Park Russell St and Little Collins St, Melbourne (Spring 2007)

Digital Innovations Preservation, Victoria

The extended and complicated battle to save the Car Park building is now over. The owner’s of the building, the Scots Church, sought approval from the Minister of Planning to demolish the building (which is included in the Victorian Heritage Register) and construct a ten-storey office tower. The Minister has approved a modified design for a tower which will see …

Victoria Car Park Russell St and Little Collins St, Melbourne (Spring 2006)

Digital Innovations Preservation, Victoria

Scots Church Properties Trust is attempting to have this building demolished (despite Hreitage listing in 2002) to enable the construction of a new 10-storey building. Two panel hearings were recently convened by Heritage Victoria and the Department of Sustainability & Environment, and the case against against demolition of the Car Park building was argued strongly by ourselves, the National trust …

Victoria Car Park Russell St and Little Collins St, Melbourne (Winter 2006)

Digital Innovations Preservation, Victoria

Melbourne’s first commercial car park, designed by Marcus Barlow and constructed in 1938, was added to the Victoria Heritage Register in 2002 after a lengthy battle with its owners, the Scots Church Properties Trust. In February, the owners applied for a permit to demolish the building. Their application was rejected by Heritage Victoria and the owners have lodged an appeal …