Walking through Carlton, and Argyle Square. What can it mean? The "foundation" corner stone is lovely bluestone, laid by then Lord Mayor John So, but the rest of the squares are rather nondescript concrete/granite. Did they run out of money? Or did they think commemorative stones should be bluestone?
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Bit hard to tell from the photo, but might they be marble?
That would be nice, I think, but perhaps some kind of terrazzo composite? I was walking to the tram after dropping off the car to be serviced with a streaming headcold so didn't have the energy to stop. Perhaps I'll go back. Wonder if there's a good history of Carlton I can find to tell me more about it.
Just stopped off and had a look, at 10 past 1 in the morning! (in a taxi, heading back into town to knock off).
In the dark, they do appear to be a type of marble. I would suggest that the stone has some form of Italian connection.
One would expect some form of explanation would be provided though. It would be far more relevant and informative than the self centered claptrap, provided on the "foundation" stone. I tire of hearing 'how good they are', from politicians spending other peoples money.
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