Fitzroy Town Hall

I love that 120 years after it was completed, Fitzroy Town Hall is still functioning as a hub of the community. Many people know it as a place to get wedding photos taken — and if you sit across the street at the Napier Hotel on a weekend afternoon you’ll see a parade of brides on the steps, as well as many confused limo chauffeurs trying to navigate the narrow one-​way streets.
But the Town Hall is more than just a backdrop for happy snaps. The police station is still situated here, in its original place since the 1880s, and the library is a great place to borrow a book or DVD and use the internet. (Library opening hours are 10am-​6pm Mon and Thu; 1pm-​8pm Tue and Wed; 1pm-​6pm Fri; 10am-​4pm Sat; 2pm-​5pm Sun.)
And if you are looking for a pretty piece of Melbourne’s history to photograph, you can’t go past the grand Victorian architecture. Just don’t trust the time on the clock.