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PRESENT: Macarthur Chambers, so named because it was used by US General Douglas Macarthur as his headquarters during WWII. For many years, this was the Queensland office of the AMP Society, one of Australia's largest insurance companies. On the far corner is now Brisbane's main office for the Commonwealth Bank.
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PRESENT: Macarthur Chambers, so named because it was used by US General Douglas Macarthur as his headquarters during WWII. For many years, this was the Queensland office of the AMP Society, one of Australia's largest insurance companies. On the far corner is now Brisbane's main office for the Commonwealth Bank.

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  • PRESENT: This photo emphasises the wharf-free river bank. now lined with multi-storey apartment blocks. Behind them are some of the original wool stores, themselves converted to high-density dwellings. At the rear of the picture is the skyline of contemporary Brisbane.
  • PRESENT: Nothing but apartment buildings now line the western river bank at the Bulimba Reach of the river, although some of the original woolstores are still visible behind them.
  • PRESENT: Now Dakota Apartments, the woolstore has had an internal refit to turn it into upmarket apartment dwellings. There are also a few commercial tenants on the ground floor. The building's external appearance has been maintained quite well, and the street view has been enhanced with greenery. Now that the wharves have disappeared, so has the necessity for train lines.
  • PRESENT: Converted to an apartment complex called "The Cannery", it now contains a mixture of one, two and three bedroom apartments.
  • PRESENT: The tall pine tree behind the terminal was not evident in the earlier picture. In addition, a safety fence has been erected around the river bank.
  • PRESENT: Today's Albert St Uniting Church, one of the city's most popular wedding venues. Behind it now is the Suncorp (formerly State Government Insurance Office) office tower, although Suncorp has recently completed construction of a new premises at North Quay.
  • PRESENT: Purely a monument now, the Mill still stands proudly on Wickham Terrace, the present day location of the majority of Brisbane's specialist medicos.
  • PRESENT: More modern vehicles are evident in the current photo, and although the flagpole remains, there is no flag present. The apartment building is now called Saratoga, as evidenced by the sign above the southern entrance.
  • PRESENT: Now a gentrified mix of apartments and ground floor commercial tenants, including a coffee shop. This building takes up a whole block and contains almost 100 dwellings.
  • PRESENT: Looking down Edward St towards the CBD. Traffic is now one-way down to the Brisbane River, and there is still a partial view of the Kangaroo Point cliffs on the other side of the river. The People's Palace, now accommodation for backpackers, still exists, and can be seen on the right, although it is now partially obsured by a high rise development.
  • PRESENT: Ann St today. On the far left of the picture (partially obscured)is the RS Exton building, the newer 333 Ann St building; then the Masonic Temple and St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The tall Commonwealth office tower behind St Andrew's blocks out City Hall.
  • PRESENT: Macarthur Chambers, so named because it was used by US General Douglas Macarthur as his headquarters during WWII. For many years, this was the Queensland office of the AMP Society, one of Australia's largest insurance companies. On the far corner is now Brisbane's main office for the Commonwealth Bank.
  • PRESENT: Still a main train station, Central now is dwarfed by a hotel at the rear. There is even an entrance to the hotel from the front of the station. As well as serving Brisbane suburbs and Ipswich, commuters can now travel by train from here to Brisbane airport and the Gold Coast.
  • PRESENT: The School of Arts building is now owned by the Brisbane City Council and is used for community purposes.
  • PRESENT: The MLC building has been renamed 243 Edward St; and the Prouds building is gone, replaced by the Queen's Plaza shopping mall containing a large David Jones store. This part of Adelaide street is being turned into a tree-lined avenue, with traffic restricted to local vehicles and buses only.
  • PRESENT: As the Port of Brisbane became established downriver from the city, and with the growing dependence on air travel, Customs House was sold to the University of Queensland. The building is now used for cultural events, functions and seminars, and there is a restaurant at the back on the river.
  • PRESENT: Edward St is now lined with tall buildings and filled with motor vehicles and pedestrians. The old three storey Federal Building Society building has been replaced by the nine floors of Macarthur Chambers (far right).
  • PRESENT: Today's corner has traffic lights, and Albert St no longer crosses Adelaide St. The sloping roofline on the left covers King George Square Car Park, and King George Square is barricaded off for renovations. Wallace Bishop is now Hardy Brothers, also jewellers.
  • PRESENT: Taken from a walkway crossing Adelaide St, this picture shows the current skyline, with the State government buildings still present behind Anzac Square. Although Adelaide Street itself can not be seen, the trams and tramlines no longer exist, having been replaced by buses. The statue in the foreground is the South African War memorial, moved to this position from Edward St.
  • PRESENT: Taken from King George Square, this is city Hall today, surrounded by office blocks. King George Square is presently being renovated as part of the Northern Busway project, and City Hall itself needs extensive repairs, and will shortly close for three years for that purpose.
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