Yarraville with Footscray bookends

I don't usually walk through this little mall thing between Albert St and Nicholson St but it was raining a lot

This is where I used to get my clothes tailored by a Polish man called Stan - he was what my mother would call a "ciężkie krawiec" (heavy tailor), working with woollen coats, jackets, and other things your typical tailor would be loath to do. He always did a fantastic job and asked very little in the way of remuneration. Unfortunately he died last year. His shop was empty for a while but is now being renovated by someone. It will probably become a cafe. 

This will probably become a cafe too

So many abandoned houses on Williamstown Rd just waiting to be demolished and replaced with something really ugly

Abandoned supermarket

Maybe all of these abandoned buildings will become cafes

Thanks for the obstruction

Why would you do this

This was once a barber who is now gone. The building was yellow but whoever bought it decided to be the most boring person on this planet

 

I live a ten minute walk away but had no idea these shops existed until yesterday

Sad what they did to this pub

A baby wild pig

We went to a rave tonight which was actually kind of dull - stayed for about 30 minutes and then left (I don't think I am built for these things). The venue was the old Bradmill factory in Yarraville (hence why we went - five minute drive away and I've always wanted to see what an abandoned cotton factory looks like*) so that aspect of it was cool. The only parts left were the old industrial weaving facility, a chemical store and a boilerhouse, which I think are in development limbo but will eventually become townhouses/apartments. 

It was also strange leaving the house for something unrelated to uni or coffee at this point in semester. I am looking forward to Monday evening when most of my assignments are due. I will be happy to focus solely on my thesis 

*Less emphasis on 'abandoned', more on 'cotton factory'. I like manufacturing a lot and it was nice to stand in a giant warehouse knowing it once contained giant looms. This photo of cotton dye is pretty cool

Those lights are the West Gate Fwy

My car in the rain 

This was less blurry on my phone 

Walking home the other night

Fantastic Friday sunset

Was at uni around 1 in the morning, some time a few days ago, not good 

Mystery Frank Tate shower basement

A pile of discarded bluestone opposite where I parked my car on the day it got broken into - an omen? Anyway, what a waste