891 ABC Adelaide By Brett Williamson Originally posted 13 Jul 2016, 3:18pm Built in 1884, The Marine Terraces at Grange Beach are the only three-storey Victorian-styled terraces ever built on Australia’s coastline. The block of eight are only one-third of what...
Ever wondered about the building opposite the new Adelaide Oval? The prestigious white Torrens Drill Hall is celebrating its 80th year this year. To mark the occasion, 891 ABC Adelaide took a tour of the site, which was previously used for a quarry and rubbish dump....
For more than a century the Bank of New South Wales occupied the site of 2 King William Street in Adelaide. 891 ABC Adelaide By Brett Williamson Originally posted 29 Jul 2016, 10:45am The old bank has recently been given a new life as a restaurant and bar. “It...
An art deco house in Prospect, built in 1938 by renowned style architect Christopher Smith, remains a highlight of the Adelaide suburb. David O’Loughlin, owner, convener of the Art Deco Society of Adelaide and Mayor of Prospect, took891 ABC Adelaide Afternoon...
Dwarfed by surrounding high-rises, Adelaide’s Stock Exchange building makes up in history what it lacks in size. Opened in 1901, the Edwardian/Federation-style building was the operational home of the exchange until 1991. 891 ABC Adelaide By Brett...
The Colonial Mutual Life (CML) building of Adelaide has transformed several times in the past eight decades, but it is its heritage-listed facade that holds the most interest. “It was built in 1934, right in the middle of the Great Depression,” architect...