Talk:Raine Square

When was it named
Do any of the reference say when Raine Square was so named? I'd like to include a date (or at least year) in the last paragraph of Mary Raine:

Mitch Ames (talk) 10:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)


 * aerial photo of 1988 shows the original square... see http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b3379906_1 - that was the real square before the high rise


 * photo from 1997 or later shows http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=subject%3A%2228a+Raine+Square+%28Perth%2C+W.A.%29+--+Photographs.%22  - a numbered property as part of the square

well worth trying to get a handle on


 * http://rainefoundation.org.au/the-mary-raine-exhibition-2017-perth-heritage-days/
 * http://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/drive/mary-raine-perth-property-tycoon-and-philanthropist/9049084

weirdness

there is no easy public assessment on the square per se

http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/addf189c-47c2-4bfc-8915-e4a6a3139b17 JarrahTree 10:42, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

entry on royal hotel
Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Doc’n Royal Hotel 725/08/2000

Their [Hames Sharley's] solution was a multi-faceted one - the keystone being the rehabilitation of the hotels to two and three star level and the direction of the pedestrian traffic from the city through the site to the Perth Bus Station.28 The works took place in 1984 and the entire place was renamed Raine Square.Work proposed finally to Royal Hotel involved minimum refurbishment to thefacades except as essential for repair, alterations at ground level and changes to the facade and street awning for the entrance to the arcade and the retail outlets alongthe William Street frontage. An arcade was constructed to link the street frontage to the piazza at the rear. Rear of building [has been] refurbished.29 The redeveloped site was officially opened on 4 June 1986

JarrahTree 11:49, 13 November 2017 (UTC)