Victorian History Events
Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
City Gallery 110 Swanston Street, MelbourneWho remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement?
Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer, you’d step in the prints of actors, musicians, sportspeople, writers, dancers, politicians, an astronaut, a racehorse – even an operatic dog.
Curated by Robyn Annear, 'Gotcha!' presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times.
The Great Orange Peel Panic: and other stories from Melbourne
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran🍊 The Great Orange Peel Panic: and other stories from Melbourne Did you know around the 1860's civic reprobates who discarded orange peel in the streets of Melbourne, risked life
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