Category Archives: worst pub/hotel/design

Perth’s Smallest Bar

Posted on June 17, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do not enter into relations. But not for the novel. W. H. Auden Apparently Perth now … Continue reading →

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Corruption City

Posted on June 10, 2008 by AHC McDonald

“Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.” Joseph P. Kennedy Haven’t had much architecture lately. A building involved in the jailing of a Premier that surprisingly wasn’t Brian … Continue reading →

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Such is Life

Posted on March 17, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Just one more from The Worst of Perth on Tour in China. Incredibly, actual Aussies are seen going into establishments such as this one in “Kelly Country”, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Why would you travel around the world only … Continue reading →

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Raunchy Skumpys ‘Ling Style

Posted on January 17, 2008 by AHC McDonald

The other day, Rottobloggos David Cohen was arguing that The ‘Ling (Stirling Arms) on James street Guildford was far more worthy than the Rangeview for TWOP. I quote “The bouncers stand outside and throw people in. The squat building is … Continue reading →

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Squeal like a Pig

Posted on January 11, 2008 by AHC McDonald

New guest submitter Nettie lives very close to Australia’s ugliest church, the Purple Jesus Monster in Eden Hill. I don’t know whether to be surprised that it’s almost next to The Rangeview Tavern. Nettie writes… Behold The Rangeview Tavern, Eden … Continue reading →

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Jackson Bollocked

Posted on January 4, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Don’t really know what category to put this one in. Perhaps Worst Architecture, because I am sure that when Jackson’s Hotel in Lord Street East Perth, (Formerly The Norwood, ) is demolished, what replaces it will not be an improvement. … Continue reading →

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Once a Knight

Posted on November 5, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Worst of Perth could never be complete without the Red Castle Hotel in Belmont Rivervale. Add a mini castle to the top of an extremely ugly brick hotel and you end up with a brick hotel with a bit of … Continue reading →

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Nottamogah

Posted on November 3, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Worst Pub Design/Architecture How could you make one of those god-awful Ettamogah pubs worse? Put it in Morley. However not even Morleynians, not known for their good taste (think Galleria and Ugg boots with miniskirts) would be seen dead in … Continue reading →

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Grabbed by The Coconuts

Posted on October 12, 2007 by AHC McDonald

Dog my Cats. (No seriously, dog them). I haven’t tried the interior, but on the outside, The Carlisle hotel has tried to disguise their Cocos Palm infestation by erecting a giant neon Coconut Palm. This from Ljuke, or it may … Continue reading →

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Cocos in Focus

Posted on October 1, 2007 by AHC McDonald

If you can’t tell if a design feature is deliberate or a mistake – it’s a mistake. What’s with the missing but lit “H” at T_e Pub Dianella.? Perhaps it’s one of the initiatives of the new management. It’s a … Continue reading →

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