Megalo, Megalo, Megalo! Franco Cozzo building, Footscray, prior to the renovation
There were Franco Cozzo stores in North Melbourne, Brunswick and Footscray. All were famous, but the Footscray store in Hopkins Street, courtesy of Franco’s beautiful re-naming of it as Foot-is-cray, is the Franco legend’s spiritual home. It’s just been redeveloped into a brewery. This photograph, taken in 2023, is after Franco’s time, and prior to the start of the renovation. Not quite a last-chance-to-see moment, but something like it.
Franco Cozzo building in Hopkins Street, Footscray prior to the renovation.