Description: QVB Queen Victoria Building Sydney NSW
Since first opening in 1898, the QVB has had a mercurial history. Designed by George McRae, it replaced the original Sydney Markets and was named to honour the monarch's Diamond Jubilee. Elaborate Romanesque architecture was chosen for the grand building, which housed a concert hall, coffee shops, showrooms, warehouses and a wide variety of tradespeople. Over many decades, the concert hall became the city library, offices proliferated and many tenants moved in.
Drastic Art Deco 'remodelling' occurred during the 1930s to accommodate the main occupant - Sydney City Council. From 1959 to 1971, the QVB faced near-demolition. A massive restoration project was given the green light and, in 1982, Ipoh Garden was awarded the restoration project and a 99-year lease.
The fully restored Queen Victoria Building reopened her doors to Sydneysiders and visitors alike in 1986. A major refurbishment in 2009 restored her even further. Today the QVB stands in all her glory, testimony to the original vision for the building and the superb craftsmanship of the artisans who put it all back together again.
Love this!! Makes me think of the Hitchcock movie "Suspicion" when Carey Grant is walking up the stairs and there are the spiderweb like shadows on the wall. Well done David!
Posted by ninja_smoke_bomb on October 12, 2011
great use of sepia. the stark black against it really makes the image glow.
Posted by ragman on October 12, 2011
Thank you Ian much appreciated
Posted by ninafosdick on October 10, 2011
Awesome interior .. wonderful shadows!
Posted by swanthief on October 10, 2011
Lovely work - love the squiggly shadows and the posv :-)
Posted by ragman on October 12, 2011
Thank you Cathy
Posted by rodeorose on October 10, 2011
WOW!
Posted by ragman on October 12, 2011
Thank you Rose
Posted by primus on October 10, 2011
This is fantastic shadow play, David!
Posted by ragman on October 10, 2011
Thank you Primoz, much appreciated
Posted by spadecaller on October 10, 2011
Wow. tha
Posted by spadecaller on October 10, 2011
That's some shadow; great job
Posted by ragman on October 10, 2011
Thank you Matthew the lift cage dates back well over a hundred years which provided this natural effect
Posted by ramonfernandez on October 10, 2011
Magnificient light and shadow and color. Very mysterious and old world.
Posted by ragman on October 10, 2011
Thank you the lift cage dates back well over a hundred years which providded this natural effect
Posted by colgdrew on October 10, 2011
Love this!! Makes me think of the Hitchcock movie "Suspicion" when Carey Grant is walking up the stairs and there are the spiderweb like shadows on the wall. Well done David!
Posted by ragman on October 10, 2011
Thank you Colleen, only not walking up the stairs but actually captured from inside an lift cage
Posted by colgdrew on October 10, 2011
Which makes it more difficult to capture! Great job!
Posted by colgdrew on October 10, 2011
P.S. Suspicion is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, I love Carey Grant! ; )