October 2017
The site has been cleared and advertising has appeared for 'Prince & Graham'.
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| Storage tanks removed September 2017 |
The buildings on site were demolished in August.
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| Demolition of Sandridge Motors August 2017 photo Jack Bolt |
The cars have gone.
Michael Goldberg owned and operated this garage from the 1980s when he took up the business to be closer to his father, Dr Goldberg, who practised from his surgery on the corner of Bridge and Princes St.
6 June 2017
The property was sold by Dixon Kestles in April. Sandridge Motors is moving out following the retirement of the owners.
The site is zoned General Residential within Design and Development Overlay 1.4 which permits up to 6 storeys.
History
The site was part of a neighbourhood shopping strip established c1890. Small businesses such as a newsagency, dressmaker, draper, grocer and a confectioner opened at that time with a greengrocer established at nov279 who remained there until the early 1920s.
The original garage on this site was owned by Mark Davis until 1948. He bought the garage from his father, George Washington Davis. The original garage was a two storey building with a residence above.
It was an independent garage. Every petrol pump was from a different company. People buying petrol, or oil, could choose between Mobil, COR, Shell.
(source: letter from Carl Davis to Pat Grainger, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society 2013)
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