On 15 May 1964, Robert Askin officially opened the new Pettit+Sevitt display centre in St Ives, along Mona Vale Road and Richmond Avenue. Brian Pettit described the project as 'An absolute spectacular success. In fact, so successful that the local government authority brought in laws that meant exhibition centres could no longer be built on main roads because of the incredible traffic jams we used to cause on Sunday afternoons on Mona Vale Road.'
Join us to walk through the iconic Split Level Mark II, one of the original four houses of the display centre that literally changed the rule book.