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Savoy Plaza Hotel: 630 Little Collins Street and 122-133 Spencer Street, Melbourne
Savoy Plaza Hotel: 630 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Looking north east from western side of Swanston Street.
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Hotel Alexander (or Alexander’s Hotel) was opened in early 1927 and run by Alexander Hotel Pty Ltd. At the time it was billed as “Melbourne’s most modern hotel” a fully licenced hotel with 200 rooms each with their own bathroom. At eleven storeys it was one of Melbourne and Australia’s tallest and most prominent hotels at the time taking advantage of its proximity to Spencer Street railway station. 1 A 20th Century American style hotel it claimed to be one the first in Australia to offer modern air-conditioning.
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30 Collins Street, Melbourne
30 Collins Street, Melbourne
This distinctive office tower with its saw toothed gold tinted curtain wall facade was erected in 1975 in reinforced concrete and is 15 storeys tall.
The architect was J. Dale Fisher and the developer was Dominion Properties.1
Prior to its construction, the site was occupied by a row of three triple storey terrace houses attached to and at a similar height to the adjacent Melbourne Club building which were remodeled as Pastern House before being sold in September 1955 and earmarked for redevelopment.2
Grand Hyatt. 123 Collins Street, Melbourne