Palace Theatre
20-30 Bourke Street,
Melbourne,
VIC
3000
20-30 Bourke Street,
Melbourne,
VIC
3000
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April 22, 2016
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/vcat-seals-fate-of-melbournes-iconic-palace-theatre/news-story/22c6eba4d50bf7bd7754b1f8a30c9569
MELBOURNE’S century-old Palace Theatre will be demolished, after a council appeal to save the building was quashed by Victoria’s planning tribunal.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal rejected heartfelt appeals from lovers of the entertainment and music precinct.
The theatre building will be replaced by a 12-storey hotel development, comprising 143 hotel rooms, a basement carpark and a “signature” bar and restaurant.
The building sadly closed in May 2014. Last thing I heard is that it will be turned into a retail space, after plans to demolish it to be turned into a hotel were denied by the council twice.
Building has recently been sold to developers and it looks like it may be demolished.
Photographs of the Palace Theatre that I took in February 2010:
Exterior:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214310187/
Stairs up to upper circle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214315819/
Dress circle foyer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214317971/
Circle’s and ceiling:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214326155/
Upper circle side-wall decoration:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214332279/
View from upper circle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214336633/
View from dress circle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5214340951/
The Palace nightclub refered to and pictured in the article was located in Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda, adjacent to the historic Palais Theatre. It was destroyed by fire a couple of months ago (the Palais was not affected and is being restored) and the operators of the former Palace Nightclub have now re-located to the former Metro Theatre in Bourke Street, re-naming it Palace Theatre, a name it had many years ago.
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this is unclear to me, whether Palaace to be demolished is the historic Art Deco theater or if Art Deco adjoining & to be saved?
the website says the Palace is closing down? and they have a new home somewhere else?
Recent photo of the Metro nightclub is here
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The Metro in Collins Street was also known as, and is listed on this website as, the Mayfair.