Basement at Abandoned Bakery, looking out towards the rear exit of the basement of the building.

Series · 14 prints

Abandoned Bakery (ABBCO Bakery)

Photographed 2015
Frames 14
Camera NIKON D7000
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Demolished post-2015
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

ABBCO Bakery ran at 7 Darley Road, Leichhardt, on the inner-west fringe of Sydney. The site was on the original 1811 Macquarie Gift land grant to Ensign Hugh Piper, adjacent to the former Goods Line freight rail corridor between Sydney Yard and Darling Harbour. Built around 1950, the bakery was, by the early 1970s, the largest independent bakery in Australia. Director and part-owner Bill McLeod ran it with his brother and sister, baking 100 types of bread for distribution across Sydney through ABBCO's own 22 retail shops and through wholesale outlets. The site later passed through State Rail and Goodman Fielder ownership and had brief lives as a limousine hire and furniture manufacturer before falling out of use. The Lost Collective photographs were made during its abandoned period. The bakery has since been demolished. A Dan Murphy's now stands on the site.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Basement at Abandoned Bakery, looking out towards the rear exit of the basement of the building.
Basement
Reflections at Abandoned Bakery, graffiti reflects in the rainwater pooled on the floor.
Reflections
Mezzanine Back Wall at Abandoned Bakery, from the mezzanine viewing south towards Canada Bay.
Mezzanine Back Wall
Main Floor East at Abandoned Bakery, the main floor of the building facing out towards the loading dock.
Main Floor East
Hallway at Abandoned Bakery, now, most are full of mattresses.
Hallway
Main Floor To Mezzanine at Abandoned Bakery, a staircase leading from the main floor of the building to the mezzanine.
Main Floor To Mezzanine
Hangout at Abandoned Bakery, netflix & Chill.
Hangout
Basement Exit at Abandoned Bakery, concrete steps rise from a debris-covered basement floor toward a narrow doorway.
Basement Exit
Basement Pylons at Abandoned Bakery, a cross view of the basement.
Basement Pylons
Basement to First Floor at Abandoned Bakery, the only way is up.
Basement to First Floor
Main Floor West at Abandoned Bakery, steel portal frames span the full width of the warehouse floor.
Main Floor West
Rear Mezzanine at Abandoned Bakery, the mezzanine level of the main floor shot from the back of the building facing east.
Rear Mezzanine
Squatters Bedroom at Abandoned Bakery, a stained mattress sits flat on the concrete floor, pushed against the back wall.
Squatters Bedroom
Office Mezzanine at Abandoned Bakery, part of the mezzanine that adjoins a small office.
Office Mezzanine
04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

Paper

Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm. Metallic Gloss 260 gsm for acrylic-mounted prints.

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