This warehouse is located on the corner of Parramatta Road and Frederick Street, in the inner west suburb of Ashfield. It was originally the Peak Freens biscuit factory that produced Vita-Weat cracker biscuits, later taken over by Arnott's Biscuits. It has now been converted to Bunnings Warehouse, a hardware warehouse chain. The old factory building had been painted in pastel colours, most recently cream, which suited the art deco style. It's good that this building with the great clock tower has found a new use but it hasn't quite been the same since it adopted the corporate colour scheme of the hardware chain.
Yes I know this building and am glad it has been saved. I use to love Peek Freans bikkies, I am sure they made the clock biscuits with the hard yellow or pink icing!
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agreed! The colour scheme and the advertising are truly awful. But at least the core architecture was saved.
ReplyDeleteNice to see buildings repurposed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Yogi, it is great to see buildings being given a new purpose and thereby saved. All of your buildings look great with the background of blue skies that they have. Have a great week, Jim.
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Quit a grand building, Jim. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteBunnings is a name that picks up the bread theme even if the product is very different! Great image.
ReplyDeleteagree - the colours are definitely wrong but I suppose when they realise this they may give themselves a decent discount on paint
ReplyDeleteSandy Carlson, I hadn't thought of it that way before but that's an interesting way of looking at it.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect angle against a perfect sky.
ReplyDeletethat reminds me that I have to return to work in 2 sleeps time...I drive past this everyday....
ReplyDeleteThe bold colors are rather distracting! However the building survives and that's a good thing!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot!
Whoa, doesn't that look different to how I remember it.
ReplyDeleteIt has been interesting watching this building go through various colour changes over the years. It's looking a little better now.
ReplyDeleteune architecture surprenante, je trouve que cela ressemble aux vieux cinemas americains des années 1960
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we have Bunnings too, and claim not body sells lower than them.
ReplyDeleteNice shot Jim, Bunnings must be one of the biggest groups around just now, I know we keep them in funds on a very regular basis!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Building ! We have a lot of art decor smaller buildings in our town & nearby town. But in no way in such as good condition as the ones you feature in your pics.
ReplyDeleteCertainly a unique Bunnings store!
ReplyDeleteThat tower is fantastic!
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