Few locals had the impact on the community in South Melbourne displayed by Dr Roy Park who practised medicine in Cecil St. He was an outstanding doctor, a war veteran, champion league footballer, and a State and (briefly) a Test cricketer.
On the edge of the city (above Princes Gate railway station) stood the Princes Gate towers, commonly referred to as the Gas and Fuel building after its major tenant.
One of the most distinctive structures in Southbank sits in the small park along Grant St, next to the yellow Vault sculpture, itself a work of renown for the district. But it is not a dwelling – it’s a ventilation stack to release the fumes from the freeway that runs beneath.