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= ﻿ ﻿ ﻿~THE PRINCESS THEATRE PAST PRESENT~ = The Princess Theatre has been entertaining crowds for the past 135 years. It has staged some shows as Hairspray, Jerset Boys and Vanity Fair. Before the Princess theatre was built the Astley's Amphitheatre was staging shows. The Astley was built in 1854 but even though Lola Montez was the star attraction at the theatre it soon closed. The theatre re-opened as The Princess Theatre and finally got its grand re-opening after being postponed 7 times due to incomplete renovations. It had a tromp l’oeil ceiling, 20-burner gasolier and Corinthian colonnade in part of the Dress Circle. Even though it was remodelled into a smarter looking theatre it still become shut down once again in 1885. Later that year the partnership of J C Williamson, George Musgrove and Arthur Garner saved the theatre finally. Among the novelties, painted panels were included above the proscenium which, when raised, revealed ferneries and rockeries through which tumbled miniature waterfalls. The present theatre has most of the original archietecture still in place. It has the main staircase from the 1885 still there. It also has a cafe called Federici which is named after the Princess Theatre ghost. Federici was doing an opera show when he suddenly he dropped dead. They say he still haunts the theatre today. The theatre is a popular theatre nowdays and still has great shows on today. It is a great asset to Melbourne.

= The Royal arcade present and past = The Royal arcade is an old building.It renaissance style has a glass feature.When the arcade was restored in 2002-2004 ,more shops and lights were added to it.In past times,It allowed people to have lunch and coffee.It still got many Australian shops as well as multiculturism which Melbourne is famous for such as cafe's,perfume shops,gaming shops,food shops and many others.People also work here and run small bussinesses. The architecture of the building is not demolished but It is replaced with modern material.Now It has black and white check floor with a big old roof .It also have a big old clock at the end of the arcade which tells you the story of giants that how they used to ring the bell in past times. The interesting fact about the building is,It has two big statues called GOG and MGOG who have been sriking the clock since 1892.

** The Southern Cross Hotel ** In the past, the Southern Cross Hotel was shaped like a rectangle with a lot of small rooms, some are larger than others. It was a house for people ministers and presidents as well as ‘The Beatles’. The people who had been there were all very important people. The liveability was many important people came here for housing and there were a lot of rooms for different people. The sustainability was building was demolished in 1999 and remained undeveloped for many years. Nowadays, the Southern Cross Hotel is knocked down and is now a street of shops such as Fletcher Jones, Tatts and Bawk of Queensland and some apartments. One of the interesting facts was the Beatles stayed in the hotel before if got knocked down. It gives people clothing and businesses can be the liveability. It’s knocked down to create new shops is the sustainability. It gives people jobs at department stores and housing to make up the citizenship.

THE FORUM THEATRE
The forum theatre was designed by famous American architect John Eberson renown for designing countless theatres across the world. It was erected in 1929 and has showcased many famous bands some of which include Crowded House, Midnight Oil, Billy Bragg, John Butler Trio, Lou Reed,Sir Bob Geldof, Powderfinger. performed. The forum features timeless Romanesque elegance with fierce gargoyles daunting its unique features and greco- roman architecture. It is capable of seating over 1500 people placing it 1st out of all the theatres in Australia. It has earned the reputation for holding many of the trendy events. On the outside the run down features and graffiti may be striking to some people but I think that it adds more character to the building as the exterior rots the internal design remains perpetual.The theatre is also Cabaret venue hosting 800 people. A duet of private lounges and bars cater for many other events.

Currently the forum is presenting bachelor girl, Joshua radin, and Miami horrer.