Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Mortdale, Masonic Centre

Woronora Lodge, built in 1922, was the Masonic Temple on Cook Street, in the southern suburb of Mortdale. This is a historical photo now, since the building was demolished recently. Despite protests from the National Trust Register and local residents who wanted to preserve it, the local council decided it had no heritage value and plans to build a car park for the local shopping area on this site.
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, 14 February 2011 at 23:31:00 GMT+11

    I can't imagine what justification there could be for demolishing this building. A car park!

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  2. zaktonTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 01:51:00 GMT+11

    Ouch ... it's another building that got demolished. My old school Maroubra Bay High School also got demolished and (I heard) it's been replaced with a mall.

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  3. Sylvia KTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 03:50:00 GMT+11

    Ah, yes, another parking lot just what we all need! That is so sad! But it is happening in more and more places!!

    Sylvia

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  4. MarkTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 07:14:00 GMT+11

    The Masonic Lodges all have an unusual monolithic look. Sorry to see this one has come down.

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  5. DianneTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 07:35:00 GMT+11

    Car parks - who needs them! I guess it's all about position-poaition-position.
    "Adelaide and Beyond"

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  6. Photo CacheTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 08:45:00 GMT+11

    no heritage value? and in its place they build a car park instead?

    signs of the times? i don't like that!

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  7. JayneTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 10:10:00 GMT+11

    Damn, seems myopic councils are having their wicked way with our history and heritage all over the place, grrrr.

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  8. BarbaraTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 10:11:00 GMT+11

    Such a shame the building was demolished.

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  9. AnonymousTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 10:33:00 GMT+11

    An interesting mean to measure time and life.
    Remains to be seen whether the car park will live as long ...

    Please have a good week ahead.

    daily athens

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  10. LesleyTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 11:09:00 GMT+11

    Oh that is dreadful. Where I live we are ripping up car parks to build high rise apartment buildings. We need the car parks more than the extra people.

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  11. Infatuated with Homes and GardensTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 11:40:00 GMT+11

    'Paved paradise and put a parking lot' one of my favourite songs it says it all:)

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  12. Kay L. DaviesTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 13:47:00 GMT+11

    A car park! Yay for governments everywhere, the idiots.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  13. GVKTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 15:39:00 GMT+11

    Masonic Lodge in Mysore, is located on palace land, presumably, gifted by the Maharaja, who was a Freemason. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=D-cCeOEXGyoC&pg=RA1-PA285&lpg=RA1-PA285&dq=masonic+lodge+mysore+maharaja&source=bl&ots=thylZ8LFcV&sig=EWQuCXs26CBdMLDBA2M8lszOVE0&hl=en&ei=KQJaTffVIITz4Qalx5ToCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=masonic%20lodge%20mysore%20maharaja&f=false

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  14. JimTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 15:57:00 GMT+11

    Thanks GVK. That's quite interesting.

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  15. PeterTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 17:03:00 GMT+11

    A sad story - makes it a valuable photo.

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  16. alicesgTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 17:56:00 GMT+11

    Sad to see it go.

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  17. PeterParisTuesday, 15 February 2011 at 21:41:00 GMT+11

    Car parks should be under ground!

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