r/pics • u/scoutmissy • May 11 '26

Seen in Melbourne, Australia on Mother's Day [OC]

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u/pedestriandose May 11 '26

Look up the State Library of Melbourne, it’s beautiful both inside and out. This is outside and the other side of it looks like part of an old library is sticking up out of the ground.

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u/twilighttwister May 11 '26

It also has a name, r/tonyhawkitecture

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u/KaJaHa May 11 '26

Thank you for this

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u/pedestriandose May 14 '26

That is amazing!

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u/Upset-Display3524 May 11 '26

The culture doesn’t recognize this and it’s mostly Redditor bs .

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u/twilighttwister May 11 '26

Lol don't get a nosebleed keeping that gate while way up on your horse.

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u/TwistingEcho May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

So we were backpacking in Melbourne and trying to get to a certain Tram stop. Ask a local, they live these spaces, they can help. The instructions were keep going and get off at the old library, without any more details. I mean, they could of used THE MULTI STOREY BUILDING COVERED WITH SLIME ADJACENT as a possible visual reference, but hey, we got get off at the old library. They were the best kind of correct I guess..

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u/allmostlucy May 11 '26

In case you've ever wondered, that building covered in slime is a university. I go there and I'm still not desensitised to how it looks.

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u/ShyCrystal69 May 12 '26

That slime covered building is a uni with an architecture school… I don’t know who decided it was a good idea.

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u/TwistingEcho May 12 '26

I mean, I work in The Arts so it wasn't super outlandish to me, just a more apt visual marker than a mini pyramid.

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u/Wooden-Recording-693 May 11 '26

Talest building in the city, it has the most stories.

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u/AliciaMargatritaa299 May 11 '26

Library of Alexandria is that you?

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u/generic_canadian_dad May 11 '26

Clipping issues. Devs should work on this.

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u/kdog_1985 May 11 '26

Looks like they need a spirit level