Brisbane City Hall 1970s Australia old cars bus

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• Picture / Image:  Brisbane City Hall, Australia opened 1930
• Publisher:  Samuel Lee & Co, Stanthorpe
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Brisbane City Hall is the seat of the City Council of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located adjacent to King George Square, where the rectangular City Hall has its main entrance.^[1] The City Hall also has frontages to both Ann Street and Adelaide Street.

The City Hall was once the tallest building in Brisbane (see external links below for image from 1957). The building was designed by the firm Hall & Prentice, in association with four young New South Wales Architects: Bruce Dellit ^[2], Peter Kaad, Emil Sodersten ^[3] and Noel Wilson. The foundation stone was laid in July 1920 by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII / Duke of Windsor), with a opal encrusted 18ct gold and trowel, designed by Peter Kaad. ^[4] Brisbane City Hall was opened in 1930. An earlier foundation stone had been laid in 1917 by Queensland Governor (Major Sir Hamilton J. Goold-Adams) in advance of the building's construction, however it was later found to be out of alignment, and it was removed. This stone, stored in a Brisbane City Council depot, later disappeared from record.^{[citation needed]}

Brisbane City Hall has an imposing 70 m Clock Tower, based on the design of the St Mark's Campanile in Venice, Italy. Above the main entrance is a bronze awning and the doors are made of bronze.^[1] Lions heads are found above the columns on the outside of the building.

The four clock faces on each side of the tower are the largest in Australia. The Clock has Westminster Chimes, which sound on the quarter hour, and can be heard from the Queen St Mall and, at times, in the surrounding suburbs. Above the clocks is an observation platform, open to the public and accessible by lift between 10am and 3pm seven days a week, free. For many years this afforded spectacular views of Brisbane, but since the relaxation of height limits for surrounding buildings in the late 1960s, the view is now somewhat restricted.

The centre of City Hall features a stunning auditorium, based on the Pantheon, Rome, and several smaller reception rooms. The auditorium is a large circular hall that can seat up to 2 500 people and is covered by a large copper dome.^[1] When originally built it was intended that the building would house most of the Council's administrative offices, Aldermen's (councillors') offices, the Council Chamber, a public library and several reception rooms, in addition to the auditorium. As the role of local government increased in the 1950s and 1960s, the reception rooms, hallways and side entrance vestibules (in Adelaide and Ann Streets) were converted to office space. Additional offices were constructed on the roof and in the basement.