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Kevin Adams writes - MELBOURNE. BIJOU THEATRE, Bourke St. After demolition, the site remained empty for years and used as a car park.

The site of the demolition of the Bijou Theatre, 219
Bourke Street, 4 January 1940. The site was being cleared for the construction of the Commonwealth Bank. Photo by Lyle Fowler, from the SLV’s Collection.

Note the posters advertising the Albany & Capitol theatres.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -