A grand building for Mr Lowe Kong Meng

High Boom Style architecture 

This elaborately designed, High Boom Style building is located in China Town at 112-114 Little Bourke Street. It was designed by George de Lacy Evans and built by Hewitt & Smethurst, for a wealthy merchant and leader in the Chinese community Lowe Kong Meng in 1888. Originally built as a place of business, a warehouse and a residence, the bottom floors are now used as a restaurant.

The flamboyant and imposing architecture, which is typical of the style, was designed to be an ostentatious display of wealth. And justly deserved, Mr Lowe Kong Meng made many contributions to society, in particular helping Chinese immigrants transition and adjust to life in Australia.

This building would have made quite an impression back in the day, and still does today.

Love
Mosey x

Street Art

Street art is something I have not explored on my blog yet, and may seem a bit left of centre compared to my previous posts. However it is one of those things that you stumble across when you are out and about, which is the overarching theme of this blog.

As a snapshot in time, street art will probably become an important indicator and/or way to trace social history in the future; not only through artistic styles, but through the themes and subject matter and how that relates to the issues of our time.

These pictures were taken down Croft Alley, which is off Little Bourke Street in China Town. Very much hidden away, it was exciting to see so many different styles, compositions and colours together in this space.

Love 

Mosey x