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| Tempe House, in the inner-southern suburb of Wolli Creek (formerly Tempe) was built in 1836 for Alexander Brodie Spark, by the well-respected colonial architect, John Verge. Spark was a magistrate, and an assessor for the Supreme Court. After a chequered history,the house is now being encroached upon by masses of cookie-cutter apartment towers. Part of the monthly Strata Fees for these apartments is garnisheed by the developers for the maintenance of Tempe House and its landscaped gardens. Could be worse! |
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8 comments:
I like the look of it. Too bad it's starting to get surrounded by architectural clutter.
More than starting, William. It is dwarfed! I tried to frame them all out.
So the neighbors pitch in to care for this historic site they get to enjoy. Sounds fair
ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
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Are they required by law, Julie? It reminds me a bit of Thomas Wolfe's home in Asheville, NC. It sits in the middle of a concrete garden of buildings, etc, very unromantic.
It's just down the road from me but I've never been inside.
I can see the thought and care behind this shot Julie. Fabulous and clever composition. Love it.
Feng shui would never had a door going right through the house like that ... makes money fly out the door apparently. We had an architect do our place and he was careful not to have it go straight through like that ... but the money still flew out the door.
Really, Joan? I had always believed that Feng Shui demaned that sort of straight through egress to allow "bad spirits" to exit speedily! Shall have to better inform myself.
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