As developers mow down the remnant of urban culture and bring the suburbs into the urban heartland, the locals are a tad P.O. Uprooting cottages for flats that look like offices, speeding down narrow streets where children play and destroying a treasured a metro arcade is ultimately changing Melbourne.
Easing through the morning at the DeGraves underpass starts the day off on a ‘good foot’, a coffee, a bit of art and a relaxed vibe. Removing this space from the Urban Art Culture would be like removing the goal posts from the MCG.
The Art Deco architecture of Campbell Arcade embraces Melbourne in1955, the salmon pink tiles, black granite columns capture a by-gone period where few examples remain. The display cabinets along the subway wall host local artists and most often a busker, serenades the office troops, as they pass.
Every morning commuters submerge under the station through Campbell Arcade and surface into DeGraves. What a great way to start the day.
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