Brisbane THEN & NOW: Part II - River City

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You've really got to see how modern day Brisbane looks now compared to how it was in the past! This time, we focus on the Brisbane River - bridges, floods and general views.

Special thanks to local Brisbane artist Rory Daly (Illutible) for the music track "River".
You can find his music here: www.soundcloud.com/illutible

I wanted to keep the video text-free, so here's the details...

Shot 1a: View of the downtown area from South Bank 1960
Shot 1b: February 6, 2023

Shot 2a: Construction begins on the new Victoria Bridge next to the old one, 1959
Shot 2b: Victoria Bridge, February 6, 2023

Shot 3a: Early stages of the Story Bridge, early 1930s
Shot 3b: Story Bridge, February 6, 2023

Shot 4a: Progress on the Story Bridge, 1938
Shot 4b: Story Bridge and Brisbane city, February 4, 2023

Shot 5a: View of Brisbane city, sorry, not sure the year
Shot 6a: View of Brisbane city February 4, 2023

Shot 7a: The Walter Taylor Bridge, February 7, 2023
Shot 7b: Construction begins on the bridge, while people continue using the Indooroopilly ferry to cross the river, 1935

Shot 8a: 1970s newspaper clipping featuring a photo on the Walter Taylor Bridge
Shot 8b: Traffic crosses the bridge February 7, 2023

Shot 9a and 10a: The Port Office Hotel during the 1974 flood
Shot 9b and 10b: The Port Office Hotel today

Shot 11a: The Riverside Expressway mid-construction, c. 1973
Shot 11b: The Riverside Expressway 1977
Shot 11c: The Riverside Expressway January 6, 2023

Shot 12a: View of the city from Kangaroo Point, 1992
Shot 12b: Same location January 6, 2023

Final shot: The story Bridge from All Hallows school, September 3, 2021

Also thanks to Ian Withnall, who took the photos of the Port Office Hotel in the 1974 flood. You can see more of the photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianw195...

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