Talk:Queen Victoria Building

Class
No longer a stub, but still a pretty rough article. There's a lot of scope for documenting this amazing building. The clocks, the many displays, a detailed look at the architecture. The history, especially the more recent developments that saw it change from a poorly-maintained shell to the glittering showpiece of today. Pete 10:33, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speaking of history; I think this was one of the key structures involved in the student heritage protests and eventually strikes by building workers to prevent its demolition wasn't it?  I think the Sydney town hall was another.  I don't know much about it but it's always sounded like a heck of a story.  Post War Aus was (is) dominated by developers.  Ocassions when they are stopped are quite interesting.  MuJoCh 20:09, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Great Australian Clock
Similarly to The Royal Clock, shouldn't the Great Australian Clock have more information, or its own page? Personally, I came looking for one, or at least a decent description of it and it's scenes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.184.247.153 (talk) 12:08, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Current retail environment
This article could really do with a section on the current retail environment in the QVB. It really is a different environment to go shopping compared to any of the Westfields or similar malls around Sydney, or even the CBD ones like Wintergardens etc. --Garrie 04:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Ipoh
Why there's no mention of Ipoh Gardens Berhad, the Malaysian company that restored QVB to its original glory?

In 1984 it was completely refurbished as a shopping centre, with more than 200 shops. The renovations, by the Malaysian company Ipoh Garden Berhad, were highly imaginative and thoughtful. Most important, they retained the turn-of-the-century charm of the building. from here. --JY 15:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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SPAM Alert!! i dont know how to remove it...so sb please fix it coz i got an assignment to do —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.179.9.1 (talk) 11:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

Kitsch QVB?
The section "History" includes the comments "The modern changes have been described by critics as kitsch and threatening the heritage values of the historic building. They believe that the new glass and mirrored escalators intrude into space of the original architecture and that the frameless shopfronts, glass signage and new colour schemes have lowered the heritage significance of the whole building." with the reference being a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

I have no idea whether there are legitimate criticisms of the recent changes to the QVB as being "kitsch" but if there are, I think there should be more solid references that a simple letter to the editor. in the absence of either a better reference or some additional comment here, I plan to remove those two sentences from the article. Thepm (talk) 05:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been bold and deleted the sentences. Let me know if you disagree. Thepm (talk) 07:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The Royal Clock
As per request from GFHandel: I've been including the link as preparation for an article that I am drafting on the clock itself. I believe that the clock warrants an article of its own as it is a major point of interest within the QVB gaining reasonably large crowds each hour to witness the progression of scenes, many members of the public who come to view the clock are unable to either identify who and what is being depicted in the scenes and why they are historically important. I think that the level of detail that could reasonably be included would be too much too include in the QVB article. Of course there is no necessity for including the link at this time.

The scenes in chronological order are: Servus Clementis 00:26, 24 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Servus clementis (talk • contribs)
 * 1) King Cnut turning back the waves
 * 2) King John signing the Magna Carta, also present : Stephen Cardinal Langton
 * 3) King Harold dying on the field at the Battle of Hastings
 * 4) Henry the VIIIth and his six wives:
 * 5) Queen Elizabeth the Ist knighting Sir Francis Drake aboard the Golden Hind: apocryphal scene as actual ceremony performed by proxy although she was present.
 * 6) the execution of King Charles the Ist


 * A separate article would be good, however please prepare the article and then link it.
 * Let's think carefully about the article name (as I can see no reason to put a colon in the article name). The Royal Clock is available (but might be a little presumptuous). Perhaps The Royal Clock (Queen Victoria Building) would be best?
 * By the way, instead of hard-typing your signature, simply append the following characters at the end of your posts on talk pages: ~.
 * GFHandel .  00:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I created the article: The Royal Clock (Queen Victoria Building). GFHandel .  23:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Statue Of Queen Victoria
I have added a citation request to the statement regarding the reason of transfer of the statue. The article claims it was gifted due to fears regarding threats from the IRA. If anyone can find a source to support this, please put it up, otherwise we shall be forced to change it to the sad, embarrassing truth; the statue, previously known in Dublin as the "Auld Bitch", a James Joyce quote, was removed from the Irish parliament and placed in storage because not a soul could be found that wanted her. Not only was it considered one of the ugliest statues of Victoria, but Ireland, having recently gained independence from Britain, objected to the idea of any statue of a British monarch outside its parliament, even if it had been the most beautiful. The statue was put into storage at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham until the early 1980's, when Australia took her as she was the only unwanted statue of Victoria on the market. http://publicartreview.com/queen-victoria-the-auld-bitch/2008/09/20/ http://dublin.forumforus.com/Dublin+statues+and+their+nicknames 79.97.227.42 (talk) 09:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Queen Victoria Replica
The article states that the glass case with the replica of Queen Victoria on her coronation day was removed when refurbishment started in 2009/2010. Does anyone know if it has been returned to the QVB when the refurbishment was finished? DutchHoratius (talk) 10:55, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Owner
I don't think the LGA is the owner of the building according to news article. The LGA probably owned the building overall, but under the master ownership contract (unsure it is land lease in NSW or freehold), the shopping centre part seems under different ownership: https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/link-reit-acquires-5382m-stake-in-the-queen-victoria-building Matthew hk (talk) 11:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC)