Council approves demolition of 470 Queens Street

It appears that Brisbane will lose a heritage building which can be seen from the river and the Storey Bridge.

While it isn't a landmark, the building sits opposite Customs House in an area otherwise dominated by apartment towers and ugly 70s office buildings.

The Beaux Arts style building was erected in the 1920s and features giant order columns, piano nobile features and miniature pediments typical of many in the city of that era, is one of the last remnants of interwar character remaining in the eastern end of the CBD.

Its replacement is a high rise tower of 31 storeys with river views (as reported in the Brisbane Times).

It is unfortunate that the Brisbane City Council opted not to preserve the facade, and agreed to the demolition on the condition that it became a temporary park.


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