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(tt)   Russell St bends at Victoria and becomes Lygon. The most importnat building in my opinion is Trades Hall. The unions are beset with problems...corruption and oppostion and  the human frailties that make all  institiutions less than perfect. But it is still here and still functioning.

This is the very spot I said "G'day" to a cycling Bob Hawke a few months before he went into federal politics

The Curtin, a student and TU watering hole

From this corner the street is a restaurant row and on weekends and evenings is packed.

The cuisine was almost exclusively Italian but now includes a world tour of food.

Totos is one of the longest serving boites. In a couple of hours this would be chockas

I love deserted

Calm before the storm

There really isn't a shop or dwelling that is not now an eatery.

A local landmark for years the bike shop has moved a couple of doors down but the wonderful signs remain.

A garish 7/11 is the ground floor of the lovely old Uni Hotel

My favourite

Looking back the way we came

I'm going back on a hot Friday night to capture the madness of  the passagiato and the ravenous diners.