This place has certainly changed over the last hundred years. From Indigenous environmental harmony to colonial industry and extraction, and now some present-day blend of concrete expansion and inner-city life.
While the real heritage of this place might long have been built over and redeveloped since, time is still an interesting factor in most things. And as we’ve now settled into our cozy space in Woolloongabba, we’re grateful for what’s existed here before us, and now alongside us.
Today, the Clarence corner is a bit of a peak-hour traffic zone, with an abundance of Mater and QLD Children’s Hospital agendas, patients and staff moving around the area, accented with plenty o’ lanes and a bus terminal right near
@nursestationcafe . Closer to us there’s a
@pinotandpicassoau , ECKO Hand Therapy,
@hatchmaternity and a film production company;
@tlf_filmtv .
Across Stanley St we can wave at
@canyoukeepasecret33 ,
@brisbanebrewingco ,
@cestbonrestaurantandlebonbar ,
@clarence.restaurant and the
@gabba_art gallery. A little stroll along Annerley Rd and we can find
@deadpuppetsociety and the newly re-minted
@princesstheatre , with inset barber and its lovable bar & cafe;
@fablesbrisbane . Then there’s the Princess Plaza melting pot, where you’ve got the iconic Vietnamese/Chinese karaoke of Ben’s next to
@freespacevr , Gabba Kebab,
@boatea_dessert , and the sweetest service of the Bahnmi House.
We’re talking pub feeds, tattoos, rooftop drinks and shared amateur ballads, just blocks away from some of the biggest touring artists and performances, and all amongst a sea of sirens, social services and miscellaneous inner-city traffic by roads, bike lane and sidewalk.
Happy to be a part of this place (:
Thanks to the
@qsarchives for the 1st image, and to
@comatography for some additional captures ~
