St. Pauls Presbyterian Church Brisbane 1959 Located at 53 St Pauls Tce Spring Hill
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Open the placemark. I believe this to be the location of your original photograph.
My guess is that the picture was probably taken from the Storey Bridge at Circular Quay, looking up Boundary Street towards Spring Hill.
The church is St Pauls Presbyterian, located at 53 St Pauls Tce Spring Hill. The picture shows the back of the church.
The first major intersection you can see in the picture is where Ann Street crosses Boundary Street.
The road coming in from the right of the picture is Ivory street, which is still one of the exits off the Storey Bridge.
Hope this is of some help to you.
You got me on this one. upper left is Queensland Museum amd just to right is Brisbane General Hospital. IBC was at bottom of Ann Street, near the Corner of Adelaide Street. The church to right looks to be the Red Hill Church.
Can slide be back to front. The above must be wrong. The more I think about it the slide must be back to front. If that was Red Hill church then no City Hall. Would you check. Seems to be taken around slide if back to front. The range on horizon is the one west of Brisbane.
Got me at this stage. Would appear to be taken from Bowen Hills area and that Church has gone. More over weekend if fine.
With — slide must be back to front. I understand I have to turn the slide. OK? But if I turn it, the written on IBC, Dunlop will be mirror , not in the way I took the pic. Meanwhyle I look for the street in GE and Church. Difficult if the Church has gone.
I am thinking photo has been taken from "Old Cloudland" hill. There is a nother hill close by cso will check it out. I know place now is modern appartments and may not get a view as cannot see past streets. The appartments get the view.
Cloudless day so hope to go and check out. Grandchildren weekend so may be hard to do.
I think photo was taken from Eildon Hill Windsor. have a looke at my lastest photos. Whole scene has changed over the past 47 years but it was in this area but had to be high up. do you remember lens focal length.
That church was St Pauls in St Pauls Terrace. Did have a red roof then but now greyish colourbond. Other buildings like museum and tall hospital I have photographed. I will upload more over the days
Maybe photo was taken from Kelvin Grove Hill also ????
I get alot to control and compare now, I think you are right with St Pauls Church now complitely sorrounded by Skyscrapers.
focal length? I had a poor camera 47 years ago I dont even remember the name, certainly no zoom, all the same shots.
I have decided all my directions are wrong and will think again.
Oh well John, yesterday I get just crazy to find the right place in GE. Now, — you see in my pic in the left angle I get the Brisbane River, so I guess I was near the North Quay , there goes up a stright street right up to the Skyscrapers and to the right you see St Stephen’s Cathedral (may be marked wrong)? I will make a screenshot, so we see what we are talking about. On your pic are the CBA ATM and Riverside Centre Skysrapers and all the others. Srceenshot follows.
Bye 4 now, Peter.
Hi Peter,
May have got it right this time. Went to Brisbane again to look at place to determine where you took the photo.
I just lay in bed for two nights moving my brain around from place to place trying to fit those land marks in
Well if you look at my photstream there is a narrow photo that just about fits the scene. Could not get exact as new appartments are in way.
You must have been around Bowen Hills, Cloudland.
The far brown building to left is St Johns Cathedral before front was extended (see photostream side view that matches your photo). (I thought was old Museum and went to Eildon Hill to photograph).
If you look closely the steeple for St Pauls just appears to far right. The tall while building to right of St Johns in photo would have been Kangaroo Point hospital (now Tech Training Facility and blocked by highrise).
I have photos of St Stevens in Elizabeth St in photostream (early). St Stevens is in middle of Skyscrapers. Also goes from Elizabeth St to Charlotte St (two frontages).
I cannot understand why Brisbane City Hall is not in middle of your photo. Maybe hill stops view.
More photos over the days.
IBC is start of Ann St.
I have photographed building now New Yorker Hotel. Will upload later.
Street maybe Turbot St or Boundry Road. Around that area some where. You would need to be in a building or on a hill to overlook buildings. I think cloudland is out as some distance from Turbot St (3km).
IBC building now uploaded
It is Boundary Street and I took my pic from the Story Bridge, finally we get it. Thats why the City Hall is not on my pic.
Silly me, did not notice Brisbane River bottom left. Could have worked area out a lot quicker.
For the next shot you have to go by Helicopter, I guess where I took the pic you get too much High Rise to see what I saw 47 years ago. With North Quay I was pretty near, but wrong. Now we are in 2 to say: Silly me, lol. Don’t you worry we get 136 years together and we are still ON !