Dorijo
East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 458
Collection of photos of Dorijo, an attractive but run down art-deco building in Victoria Parade next to the Drill Hall on the corner of Powlett Street. The photos were taken between 2008 and 2012.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 458, Dorijo
A three storey building of rendered brick containing 12 apartments in the Art Deco style. As it faces Victoria Parade it is a symmetrical building with the main entrance at the ground floor level of the central element, and above French doors opening onto balconies. The balconies diminish in width as they progress up the building giving a sense of increased height.
History: Rupert Stanley Joseph, auctioneer, became the registered owner of the land now known as 458 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, in 1919 (Certificate of Title Vol 4196 Fol 131). In 1932, aged in his mid-50s and by then calling himself an investor, he married Doris Lilian Meinardi (Ancestry).
Sale of 384-388 Albert Street and 458 Victoria Parade
Clipping from The Age 30 January 2021 referring to the sale of part of Burlington Terrace, 368-368 Albert Street, by the Bionic Eye and Ear Institute to the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
Also mentioned are earlier sales of Dorijo, 458 Victoria Parade, to Banner Asset Management and 254-260 Albert Street to Queensland developer Pask Group.
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