1920s Collins Street Fish Market A photo of the intersection

A photo of the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets around 1911-1912

The magnificent Royal Bank building (with its slightly larger dome) occupies the south-east corner of Collins Street

and the city's wide streets allowed the facades to be viewed in all their glory

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1920s Collins Street Fish Market A photo of the intersectionA photograph of Collins Street looking east towards the Treasury Building around 1920. We see a busy street, both on the footpaths and on the road. Cable trams, hansom cabs, horse drawn drays, automobiles and pedestrians are all moving in different directions without a single traffic light in sight. At this period, the spectacular architecture of Collins Street had probably reached its zenith. Unfortunately, a lot of the major buildings in Collins