Across the street from Luna Park was the Palais Theatre where live productions were still held. A facelift was underway while a sea breeze drifted in off Port Phillip Bay. Years earlier when I’d visited Melbourne, the building had been white.
Another building that recently had a facelift was the George Hotel. Located in St Kilda’s shopping area, the paint had peeled giving the building an archaic elegance that some locals preferred to the new paint job.
From here to there 