Behold

By Orbea. Is anyone as turned on asI am?

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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth
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29 Responses to Behold

  1. JaneZ says:

    I love its defiant shout with its arm raised in protest.

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  2. Russell Wolfe's Lovechild says:

    Is it just me or is it leaning? Hold everything.

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  3. BSWAM says:

    Now you’re all set to have your very own version of the Bromo Seltzer Tower!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Bromo-Seltzer_Tower

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    • Sir Bill International says:

      There is no building in Perth as good as that one.

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      • BSWAM says:

        If only it still had its 51-foot-tall rotating glow-in-the-dark seltzer bottle on the top. “The bottle was removed in 1936 because of structural concerns” (i.e. everyone realized how fucking stupid it was).

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  4. Dame Shazza says:

    Clouds in the sky , no Cocos in sight, this could be mistaken for any of the world’s great ruins.

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  5. Sir Bill International says:

    Well futurers this is what I predicted the future would look like, and loth it has come to pass.

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  6. FEDup says:

    Is this the start of a Minecraft theme park?

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  7. Bento says:

    Is the lift shaft heritage listed? Of cultural and social value as the location of John K Watts having a knee-trembler with an aspiring Telethon backing dancer?

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  8. vegan says:

    looks like the tower is to remain.

    perfect example of how to deal with a 1968 brick turret…

    http://www.oneperth.com.au/2013/12/10/red-castle-hotel/

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  9. Misspent_yoof says:

    Maybe if they made the top of the turret a bit more bulbous, add a domed roof and paint the whole thing purple.

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  10. Misspent_yoof says:

    In 2007 The Lazy Aussie wrote “Although ugly, I hope it never gets demolished.”

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  11. boredinbouldaire says:

    Can I book for a second honeymoon? My wedding night was at the red castle. Golden dream cocktails and schnapper meuniere. Will there be room service?

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