... sometimes you get it very very wrong
To clarify, I love Ballarat, the place is steeped in history and best of all, for the most part, they've kept and preserved that history. Unlike my home town of Perth, but don't get me started on that. Sometimes though Ballarat doesn't get it quite right and the locals will tell you there's been a lot that hasn't been preserved, even though it looks pretty fine to me. But I get their point and i've noticed some of what they mean myself as I wander the city. So here's a couple I snapped yesterday, they're doing the Perth city planners proud.
What the hell was anyone thinking when they approved this? I stare at this building every time I pass by it. I find it completely dumbfounding. It's like they wanted to preserve it and came up with this "wonderful" compromise. The only thing compromised here is my brain as it struggles to comprehend this each time.
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| Someone designed this, someone approved this and someone built this, wtf? |
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| That's actually a pretty cool facade |
Then there's the Peter Lalor Hotel, which used to be known as the Royal Highlander Hotel and used to have an awesome ornate lace verandah. Ballarat still has a heap of verandahs on its old buildings, but not here...
Now it just looks like this, with some hideous horizontal slat shades across the entire upper floor. Why they need that much shade in this city is beyond me. It looks kind of creepy and somewhat zombie proof. I suppose if you're gonna hold up somewhere during the zombie apocalypse you may as well do it where there's beer...
I'll post much more cooler Ballarat stuff soon, but for the time being scratch your heads to these.
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