Former residents and members of the public have made a last visit to St Kilda's Gatwick Hotel before it closes its doors.
The walls of the deco-era building were adorned by photographic portraits of staff and previous tenants, as well as tributes to co-owners Rose Banks and Yvette Kelly.
The sisters opened the building to the public in an attempt to dispel myths surrounding the home. They took over the boarding house from their mother in 2009.
In recent months the Gatwick had housed up to 70 people, a number of whom had experienced homelessness, drug addiction or mental health issues.
"Thank you for the most incredible opportunities you have provided to the most incredible people," Jess Taylor of Mornington wrote on the wall with a texta. "Forever grateful for helping these people beat the odds."
A number of former residents returned to visit one last time before the doors close, and to see their portraits.
Photographer and St Kilda resident Sandy Rogulic shot the series of portraits, which hung in rooms throughout the building, over the past year.
Ms Rogulic said she was fascinated by the architecture as well as the people who lived there.
"The lighting of the place, the magnificent staircase and architecture ... the building was really appealing to me and that resonated as soon as I walked in.
"There's a dirty romance here, because it's so much about the past, but there's something really breathtaking about it," she said. "I was charmed by it."
St Kilda Community Housing was brought in by the state government to rehouse Gatwick residents in safe and stable accommodation, although not all of them wished to leave.
The Fitzroy Street hotel has been bought by Channel Nine for around $15 million for its renovation reality show The Block. The transfer of ownership is expected to take place within a few weeks.
The building's sale and closure followed complaints from Fitzroy Street traders about the behaviour of residents and visitors to the building.