Adelaide's inner suburbs

I want this little house


One thing they've tried to do in the last 10 years is green up the suburb




Some dilapidated old shops


Some more 19th century factories






Quite a lot of the former industrial parts have been reclaimed for new housing




Heres a line of row houses, which have been 'greened up'

haha, yes that train station is still operational



this house has put ivy all over the neighbouring factory wall. It looks so great I dont know if its real or fake leaves


some local artwork


The 2 storey townhouse on left is the typical public housing all over the area


In the 1980s, the SA housing trust built a lot of these public housing made with mud bricks or something


some great old row houses


the local deli


prob an old butcher, or baker, or candle stick maker

You can see the giant flag pole at Port Rd


Someone likes pink






This pub is the former Ovingham Hotel, after a revamp its called the Bombay Bicycle Club



This pub is the Excelsior, and used to have grunge feel


this old house has been done up nicely


more tracts of prev industrial land. It has taken over a decade to get this soil de-contaminated, and finally we have some new houses




the autumn tree colours in front of these row cottages




these new townhouses were finished a few months ago


an old train bridge


Hindmarsh Stadium (soccer) is in the distance


theres a few of these old ruins of cottages around




the old and the new


this old church has been converted into offices




The Gaslight Tavern - still a very working class pub


I believe this used to be the old gas works




Heres the house I want, again











OK, thats all from the inner north west. Other suburbs I might do are Hackney, and Kent Town. Any other suggestions?

Great pics of a cool, 'arty' and very grungy area, once a place I called home. My only criticism would be is that you missed arguably the most interesting site, my okd gym.

That gym is TJ Smith's Boxing Gym, one of South Australia's lminor, but significant heritage gems. There's a lot of history behind that gym and the man who created it. Take a look inside the converted community hall and history unfolds all over the walls, a living museum.

Read about it here: http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/tj_smith_boxing.html

I did a major project on Brompton and Bowden in my uni years. A great deal of the area was going to get cleared in the 70's so spaghetti highways could be constructed through it, known as the MATS project. The plan got shelved eventually, but because of the uncertainty of what was going ro happen in the area, properety owners were reluctant to develop or even restore property and hence the fair amount of heritage buildings that remain in the area, albeit very modest cottages and shops. Gentrification has since well and truly arrived, but the area is still relatively less expensive than other inner city areas, attracting many artists and other alternative types to its eclectic accommodation, which includes many converted warehouses.

Another aspect of the area that should be mentioned is its multicultural character. As far as I remember Brompton contained the Croatian, Czech, Austrian and an Italian Club, and not too far from there is the Ukrainian, Belorussian and Serbian clubs. No coverage of Adelaide's or any Australian cities inner city areas for that matter would be complete without looking at the many, well established 'ethnic features'.

Anyway, my suggestion of another inner city area to look at is right across Port Road from Brompton, to Hindmarsh. There you can take a pic of one of Adelaide's most beautiful and grand buildings (IMHO), the former Hindmarsh town hall, an art deco gem. Also check out Thebarton, Mile End, Goodwood, Wayville and Unley, all interesting areas. And the salubrious pockets of Fitzroy and Medindie with all their swanky houses and mansions. Infact the whole ring of inner city suburbs around the city of Adelaide are worth showing. Break a leg!!:cheers: