A view in our vantage point can reveal rich possibilities.
Time has a way of teasing the senses, especially in a city where new cafes, graffiti art walls and hidden laneways take new forms with a simple stroke, splash of paint and douse of life. I’ve only been away for 4 months but it seems a lot longer. The old is quickly forgotten in a pace where the present is felt with each swirl of the spoon and ding of a tram. A place where it is not so much the coffee but the ritual that makes the brew taste that much flavourful.
Amidst my latte days and Lygon nights, like an ancient mariner, I’ve been spending my time rediscovering and exploring Melbourne. Here are pictures I’ve taken for my Globalfootprints project. I was recently invited to talk about this project at Poskod Talks, organized by Poskod.my on mapping cities and how this collaborative project can take new form in improving the spaces where we live in. Here’s the article if you’d like a read. If you’re on instagram, feel free to follow me @globalfootprints or be a part of the hashtag #globalfootprints. See you there!
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- On the way to GPO on Bourke Street.
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- While browsing at swedish stationery shop, KiKKi K on Chapel Street.
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- Corner Swanston Street and Little Bourke Street, while walking to Thousand £ Bend.
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- On Swanston Street while waiting for Tram no.8 to Toorak.
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- Rankings Lane, outside Brother Baba Budan, lauded for the best coffee in town.
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- At Melbourne Central, information counter.
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- Freezing my boots off at Chapel Street, waiting for the night tram.
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- Inside a quaint little shop in Fitzroy.
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- Admiring the vintage tiles on Smith Street, Prahran.
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- At a fantastic news restaurant by the name of Lot 7, on Flinders Lane, between Exhibition and Russel.
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- A quote on the sidewalk at Yarraville, a small suburb preserved in the 1960′s, a short train ride from Melbourne’s CBD.
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- Graffiti and illustrations outside the store of T-Bar at Melbourne Central.
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- At the grand and majestic ANZ Bank of Museum on Collins Street.
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- On the tram tracks of route 96, one stop late from Mart Cafe in Middle Park, Stop 130.
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- Illustrations at the resting area of Federation Square.
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- Taking refuge from the city’s hustle and bustle at St.Paul’s Cathedral on Flinders Street.
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- Gorgeous tile work at St.Paul’s Cathedral.
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- Aztec-ish floor tile patterns at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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- From top left, Melbourne Tram Stop Lonsdale, Pelligrini cafe, Cafe Laurent, Federation square.
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- Mart Cafe in Middle Park. Fantastic poach eggs and hollandaise sauce!
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- Camberwell Market where one man’s trash, is another man’s treasure.
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- Time seems to stand still at Camberwell Market.
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- Camberwell Market, breathing life into objects from days of yore.
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- Chalked art on the streets of Little Lonsdale.
This is a great post! love the images!
Thank you Vlad!