Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: not for profits and an explosion in 1910
Fitzroy Library Exhibition 13 Nov 2020 to 31 Jan 2021: Display Case 4
Cohealth and the Brotherhood of St Laurence snuggle up opposite the housing commission flats. I love the green building next to cohealth and the bright red flowers flowing from the window box nearby. These must have been built after 1910, because the previous buildings exploded! The pair of buildings on the corner are still there, although they have lost their verandahs and most of their decoration.
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Was the middle building at one time a Library for the brotherhood of Saint Lawrence?
I was a library student around 1997, and recall going somewhere around here for my work experience as part of the course. There was a very kind librarian there!
I’m not sure if the Brotherhood had a library, but St Vincent’s Hospital certainly did around the corner. And all librarians are kind, surely?! (says a librarian)