It's not often we travel so far out of Greymouth but when we first moved here we travelled about 90 minutes south to Ross, which use to be a small gold mining town in the 1800s. Since I like taking photos of old buildings, we stopped so I could get a shot of the old Empire Hotel.
This photo taken in 1965 shows how it use to look. The original one burned down and this one was rebuilt around the 1900s. There's been quite alot of work done to it over the years, I think it looks way better now.
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9 comments:
I like the look of it.
...quite a paint job.
That is an improvement on when we saw it last!
A grand old building but you're right, it does look better now. Bright and cheery and well maintained
Great hotel.
Nice looking place. I like old buildings. They look better compared those build today.
it does look inviting.
Cool building!
A nice looking hotel, original or updated. For me the old are more inviting. Nice post!!
I also liked your train stop murals. I'm used to the subways here (NYC), London, and Paris. When we rode the Moscow sub, we were pleasantly surprised by their murals. No graffiti either.
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