Aerial view of Garden City from "Melbourne - Plan for General Development", Report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, 1929
Steve Tserkezidis will present some stunning material from the PROV archives on housing developments in and around Port Melbourne.
Steve has spent some years in the archives researching not only the 'Bank Houses' of Garden City, but also of Montague, plus other…
Last week, Premier Napthine and Planning Minister Guy released Plan Melbourne which sets out the government's vision for Melbourne to 2050.
In the Society's collection is a copy of the first plan for Melbourne prepared by the newly formed Metropolitan Town Planning Commission in 1929. While the whole report is full of interest, unsurprisingly PMHPS headed straight for the Port Melbourne references.…