Port Melbourne and Fishermans Bend change. Houses are changed or demolished and new forms of housing take their place. Port Houses records some of these changes.
01 February 2012
56 Spring St East, Port Melbourne
56 Spring St East, 8 January 2011
A planning permit was issued on 23 December 2010 for the demolition of the existing dwelling and garage and construction of a new two storey dwelling. An amendment to delete the upper level and increase height to northwest (side) elevation wall at the rear was issued on 19 December 2011.
Port Housesand Port Placesare projects by Janet Bolitho.
Port Melbourne has a great diversity of housing from different periods. Port Houses takes an interest in dwellings of all kinds as well as debates about planning in Port Melbourne and environs.
Port Houses attempts to record every house demolished in Port Melbourne and what replaces it. Port Houses also records the vegetation present on a site before demolition, and what replaces it.
More recently, Janet has been documenting development sites in Fishermans Bend and Montague.
Janet was appointed to the Fishermans Bend Development Board in 2018. She is an active member of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society.
She has a Masters in planning from RMIT, a background in history studies and a period from 2004 to 2012 as Sandridge Ward Councillor on the Port Phillip Council. She was Mayor of the City of Port Phillip in 2006 and 2007.
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If you have photos, stories or any other information that would add depth and interest to Port Houses, please contact me at janet.bolitho AT gmail.com
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