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Intro paragraph

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I think its best that the opening paragraph is pretty short, and not include detail that is better placed later on,and of course be accurate. - 'Coffee Palace' is indeed a term, not a type of building, being applied to hotels and guest houses, large and small, for about 30 years. This article covers all the places that were called Coffee Palaces over that time, not just the 1880s Australian ones. - they were built in the UK as well as Australia, so that should be up front - the were built starting the late 1870s, and into the 1900s, so saying 1880s is incorrect - Munro was obviously a force only in Victoria, not the other states, or the UK. - Also not sure that the rechabites were a major force, is there a source for this ? - and this line is just silly: "Coffee Palaces were often multi-purpose or mixed use buildings which included a large number of rooms for accommodation as well as ballrooms and other function and leisure facilities." they were hotels, and most hotels had ballrooms and 'leisure facilities'... dining rooms ?, so not really a 'mixed use building'.

caption for the big image - its far too long ! also lots of inaccurate and unsupported stuff - it was NOT Melbourne's tallest building, that was the APA Building, Melbourne - it became a hotel in the 20s, not the 50s - no evidence it was considered for a casino - the bit about the grand can go later.



Federal Coffee Palace

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I notice the caption says that the building "reverted to a hotel in the 1950s". Since it was built as a hotel, was it used for another purpose in between? Or did it stop being a "temperance hotel" then? Robina Fox (talk) 08:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coffee palaces

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Were advertised in Perth, Western Australia as well - SatuSuro 12:33, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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