Chippendale, flats and shops
The "Strickland Building" contains residential flats, a gallery and retail shops along Cleveland Street, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. It was designed by R. M. Broderick and built in the early 1900s in the Federation Arts and Crafts architectural style.
It must have been wonderful living in a flat above your own shop or nearby, saving all that transport worry every morning and evening. But could the residents hear every sound from below, coming up through their floors? Imagine living over a pub :)
ReplyDeleteYou have to wonder whether they thought about any noise insulation in those days.
DeleteI lived in this block of flats (the top right verandah flat actually). Back in our day it wasnt closed in.
DeleteNoise was never really any issue as it wasnt like todays homes built of veneer. Yes we heard sirens and very loud back firing trucks but like anything, you get used to it.
As far as Im aware no one from any shop lived in the flats. Most were retirees and low income as the flats were owned by the council and were on a fixed rental
I was born here in 1953….my grandmother lived here during the war and let my mother live in the flat later. We left when I was 8 years old, but the people we left in the flats remained friends forever. Everyone looked after each other and we got a clip around the ears when needed from whoever was around….they say it takes a village and the flats were just that.
DeleteMy aunt's lived above a row of shops and it was all so convenient.
ReplyDeleteI like that too.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of my first home, an apartment over a market on a busy street. I remember watching people, autos and even horse-drawn wagons-- so much action!
ReplyDeleteI like the building too.
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I like the Arts and Crafts style!
ReplyDelete...I love this style.
ReplyDeleteNice building, I like the looks of it.
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