Sydneytecture: The Volunteer Hotel Disaster 1890

The Volunteer Hotel Disaster 1890

a destroyed building with people in 1890 fashion viewing it

a collapsed building with people looking on

Original Archival

Modern Street View

George Street near Circular Quay. The building collapsed, probably due to poor construction of additions. A barmaid on a break upstairs was the only casualty.

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Sydneytecture is about pictures of old, forgotten places in Sydney, and my restorations of them into living colour.

I wanted to see how real life would look to the people in these faded, black & white photos. So beyond just colourising, I try to make each photo's details realistic, like it was taken by a modern camera, while keeping it accurate to the original.

And now I share them here with you.

Most of my restored pics are definitely best viewed enlarged to see their detail, as this main page previews them in low resolution.

I've also included a clickable link to the Google Street View of each photo's modern view, so you can check out how the scenes look today.

All photos are from Trove, and all dates are confirmed via Sand's Directory and Dove's Maps. Once or twice a week, I upload new ones.