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Bruce: /* The Arcade's Dark History */

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	== The Block Arcade: Introduction ==		== The Block Arcade: Introduction ==
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	The Block Arcade (280-286 Collins Street) is arguably the most beautiful of Melbourne's historical and architectural treasures. The Collins Street wing of the arcade dates back to 1892 and the Elizabeth Street wing to 1893. The arcade was developed by the infamous financier, Benjamin Fink, of the City Property Company during Melbourne's glorious boom-time. The architect was David C. Askew and the design was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy.		The Block Arcade (280-286 Collins Street) is arguably the most beautiful of Melbourne's historical and architectural treasures. The Collins Street wing of the arcade dates back to 1892 and the Elizabeth Street wing to 1893. The arcade was developed by the infamous financier, Benjamin Fink, of the City Property Company during Melbourne's glorious boom-time. The architect was David C. Askew and the design was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy.
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Bruce: /* The Block Arcade: Introduction */

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	The Block Arcade (280-286 Collins Street) is arguably the most beautiful of Melbourne's historical and architectural treasures. The Collins Street wing of the arcade dates back to 1892 and the Elizabeth Street wing to 1893. The arcade was developed by the infamous financier, Benjamin Fink, of the City Property Company during Melbourne's glorious boom-time. The architect was David C. Askew and the design was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy.		The Block Arcade (280-286 Collins Street) is arguably the most beautiful of Melbourne's historical and architectural treasures. The Collins Street wing of the arcade dates back to 1892 and the Elizabeth Street wing to 1893. The arcade was developed by the infamous financier, Benjamin Fink, of the City Property Company during Melbourne's glorious boom-time. The architect was David C. Askew and the design was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy.
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			There is no doubt that the Block Arcade enjoys a long and rich history. However, the site of the arcade dates back even further.

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	<span style="color:#800000;">''The larrikin tradition plays strongly amid the Kindred courts of Melbourne, where rebellion is ingrained in the Australian character as a result of British imperialism: Almost a century ago, the Barcade Boys, a		<span style="color:#800000;">''The larrikin tradition plays strongly amid the Kindred courts of Melbourne, where rebellion is ingrained in the Australian character as a result of British imperialism: Almost a century ago, the Barcade Boys, a
	youth gang of pimps and drug pushers, infested the Block Arcade. Out of place in the splendid Victorian style of the arcade, the gutter gang nonetheless ran their rackets with seeming impunity.''		youth gang of pimps and drug pushers, infested the Block Arcade. Out of place in the splendid Victorian style of the arcade, the gutter gang nonetheless ran their rackets with seeming impunity.''
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	<span style="color:#800000;">''And impunity they had, as their shadow patron, a Malkavian claiming to be the childe of Sydney’s Prince Sarrasine, had brought the proprietors of the Block Arcade under her sway. At the same time,		<span style="color:#800000;">''And impunity they had, as their shadow patron, a Malkavian claiming to be the childe of Sydney’s Prince Sarrasine, had brought the proprietors of the Block Arcade under her sway. At the same time,
	the Malkavian courted the support of Melbourne’s then-Prince Montague Lytton — keeping each of the Princes ignorant of her involvement with the other.''		the Malkavian courted the support of Melbourne’s then-Prince Montague Lytton — keeping each of the Princes ignorant of her involvement with the other.''
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	<span style="color:#800000;">''Such a ruse could work for only so long, and when Sarrasine learned that he was being played against Lytton, his ghouls lashed out with a desire to cause a panic in Melbourne and make its Kindred feel		<span style="color:#800000;">''Such a ruse could work for only so long, and when Sarrasine learned that he was being played against Lytton, his ghouls lashed out with a desire to cause a panic in Melbourne and make its Kindred feel
	Sarrasine’s supremacy. In 1891, they stormed the Block Arcade by day, scattering the Barcade Boys, and hopefully breaking the Malkavian’s sway over what she had treated as her entitled domain.''		Sarrasine’s supremacy. In 1891, they stormed the Block Arcade by day, scattering the Barcade Boys, and hopefully breaking the Malkavian’s sway over what she had treated as her entitled domain.''
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	<span style="color:#800000;">''The next night, however, the Malkavian had her revenge. She sent a plague of wraiths to settle the score — a trio of ghostly firefighters who had lost their lives a few years earlier in the		<span style="color:#800000;">''The next night, however, the Malkavian had her revenge. She sent a plague of wraiths to settle the score — a trio of ghostly firefighters who had lost their lives a few years earlier in the
	Georges department store fire (which had, not coincidentally, also started under bizarre circumstances). Sarrasine’s ghoul agents met their end and the Prince of Sydney was rebuffed, in another turn of the Jyhad’s events.''		Georges department store fire (which had, not coincidentally, also started under bizarre circumstances). Sarrasine’s ghoul agents met their end and the Prince of Sydney was rebuffed, in another turn of the Jyhad’s events.''
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	<span style="color:#800000;">''Just who this Malkavian childe of a Setite Prince is remains unsolved, however. She claims the Block Arcade as her domain to this night, over a century after its original construction, having survived multiple		<span style="color:#800000;">''Just who this Malkavian childe of a Setite Prince is remains unsolved, however. She claims the Block Arcade as her domain to this night, over a century after its original construction, having survived multiple
	Princes of Melbourne and the enmity of the Prince of Sydney. And just how is that she was able to manipulate the shades of the departed firefighters? The Kindred of Melbourne, many of whom are Anarchs (despite Prince Taylor’s suppression of Brujah other than himself), prefer not to entertain such questions.''		Princes of Melbourne and the enmity of the Prince of Sydney. And just how is that she was able to manipulate the shades of the departed firefighters? The Kindred of Melbourne, many of whom are Anarchs (despite Prince Taylor’s suppression of Brujah other than himself), prefer not to entertain such questions.''