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I wonder how many more times I'd sit on this bench watching and waiting for my son/s to finish his/their football class. Javi is the only one enrolled right now, but of course Caleb would follow suit. #fmsphotoaday #fms_chair
The underground public toilet near the corner of Elizabeth and Victoria Streets, built in 1907, is one of a group of such facilities built in Melbourne in the early twentieth century in response to increasing demand for public toilet facilities in the city that were both sanitary and discreet. Until 1902 there were no public toilets for women and few for men. The first public toilet, a urinal for men only, had been built in 1859, following the opening of the Yan Yean water supply in 1858. But these street level toilets were regarded as indecently public, and without an underground sewerage system the waste discharged into the gutters. Underground toilets, which removed toilets from public view and so satisfied contemporary perceptions of decency, had already been built in Scotland, England and Sydney. Such facilities were made possible in Melbourne by the establishment in December 1890 of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, responsible for building and maintaining an underground sewerage system. The first underground public toilet in Melbourne, which was the first public toilet for women in the city, was opened in Russell Street in 1902, followed by another one for men in Queen Street in 1905. Public toilets for women were built only following concerted campaigns by feminist groups. The conveniences near the corner of Elizabeth and Victoria Streets included both men's and women's facilities, and was the second built in Melbourne for women and the third for men. It has been in continuous use since then.
The underground public toilet in Elizabeth Street near Victoria Street is opposite the Queen Victoria market. There is a stairway for each of the male and female toilets, at the top of which are wrought iron railings and gates, bluestone kerbing and cast iron sign posts, similar to the other underground toilets of the period.
Challenge for July 22, 2013. You can read more here: beckycochrane.com/2013/07/22/july-photo-a-day-grey/
January 9 - Shoes
Taken during halftime at my son's football game. Just a random strangers shoes but I love how it turned out!
#fmsphotoaday #project366 267: Before Bedtime.
Sony NEX-C3, Minolta MC Rokkor - PF 1.9/55 +17 diopters in stacked filters, Macro ring light.
Correction: The EXIF is wrong, the lens is 55mm in APS-C, 82.5mm in 35mm.