Robert Krasker’s residences: 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 (not what it used to be)

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The Krasker family had two residential and business addresses in the Australia state of Western Australia until they moved to Paris and then Ealing west of London in 1929: 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 and 25 Knight Terrace, Denham, Shark Bay, WA 6537.

Little is left in Subiaco of the mixed-use residential and business houses that used to be common there through much of the 20th century but there is a handful of buildings in older styles including those that would been familiar to the Kraskers.

I often walked along Hay Street then Rokeby Road, Subiaco, when I lived in East Perth and West Leederville and especially when there was an excellent Swiss-German bakery and patisserie in Rokeby Road.

These old houses were some of my favourite landmarks in those years.

The Krasker family’s address in Perth, capital of Australian state of Western Australia, was 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008, now part of a row of office buildings. Image courtesy of Apple Maps.
The view across the road and along a little from 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 showing commercial buildings from various eras some of which may have been residential before renovation. Image courtesy of Apple Maps.
These mixed-use houses at 15-17 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 may have been more typical of those near number 99 where the Krasker family lived and worked when in Perth. Image courtesy of Apple Maps.
Houses in vast stretches of Hay Street and its surrounds have been demolished and replaced with office and other commercial buildings or are still empty. Image courtesy of Apple Maps.

State Records Office of Western Australia Perth Metro Maps

Much of this part of Subiaco appears to be residential or residence-plus-business buildings with the former Krasker house at 99 Hay Street constructed on two blocks, numbers 97 and 99.

Excerpt from map of part of Subiaco at State Records Office of Western Australia showing location of former Krasker Perth residence at 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 with tram line running down centre of the road. Image courtesy of SROWA.

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