Tram Town
Monday, July 23, 2007
| Category: History In response to a post over at Diogenes' Lamp entitled The special beauty of industry and decay I have produced this short photo essay. This is a drawing of the West Coburg Progress hall from the book Coburg, Between Two Creeks by Richard Broome:  It operated as a cinema for many years from 1927. I think it stopped being a cinema in the early 1990's. It is now a dance studio. This is what it looks like now:  Here it is from another angle showing the old ventilation system:  Reflecting the current usage is the left hand window display (also reflecting the amateur photographer!):  About 150m west of the Progress at the Coburg West Primary School crossing is this traffic light controller:  |
