Turn left at Bourke St. (you are now facing Parliament House)

As you approach Spring St., observe the bluestone foundations of the Imperial Hotel on the corner. Do they look different from others you have seen? Look more closely and you will see they are artificial bluestone facings, only a few centimetres deep. Look carefully at the very corner of the building as you turn left into Spring St: you will see where two pieces of bluestone façade have been joined.