SYDNEY Australia - By SinCity :)

PART II

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We continue our journey into the mid city section of the CBD centred around the following precincts ….

- Martin Place
- Hyde Park
- Pitt St Mall

This area now serves as the retail core of the city with a chaotic blend of office and residential skyscrapers. One noticeable thing is the increased density of skyscrapers and narrow streets. ;)

Map of the Central Business District (CBD)

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Link to Part I ….

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=511417

Once again, feel free to ask questions, place requests and make comments :) ...

Part 2 – Mid City Centre (Districts – Martin Place, Hyde Park, Pitt St Mall).

We continue our journey, this time into the heart of the Sydney CDB …..

Former “American Express Tower”. New façade placed several years ago. This building is now home to Australia’s largest insurance corporation “IAG”.

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The “Grace Building” – An impressive Art Deco-Gothic building from the 1920s. Formerly the office building of the “Grace Brothers Department Store” chain, now a luxury hotel.

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Streetscapes – Sydney still retains numerous buildings from the 1880s, 1890s, 1920, 1930s, etc.

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“MLC Centre” – Sydney’s tallest office tower at 220 metres. Also Sydney’s second tallest and was for a period of time Australia’s tallest skyscraper. Built in the early 1980s. The top floor is occupied by the American consulate. Osama ………….. :D

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Art Deco office block, a common architectural style in Sydney. The 1920s was one of the biggest construction periods in the history in Sydney. This was the period that Sydney’s population eclipsed and surpassed Melbourne’s. Since then Sydney has regained and kept its reputation as Australia’s largest and premiere international city.

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Victorian era buildings (1835 – 1895). Built during the reign of Queen Victoria.

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George Street – The longest street in the CBD. “Australia Square Tower” in the background.

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More Victorian era office buildings.

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The “GPO” – General Post Office. This is one of the most elaborate Victorian era buildings in the city. Includes numerous carved figures and statues on its external façade. Sits at the lower end of “Martin Place”, the biggest pedestrian plaza in the city.

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“Martin Place” is a long pedestrian plaza that crosses the city centre on an east-west axis. This area is Sydney’s banking and financial district. “Martin Place” is lined with some of the city’s most elegant commercial buildings dating back to the late 19th century and also the Art Deco period.

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“MLC Centre” – Sydney’s largest office tower (220 metres) is located on Martin Place. This building is another design of former Australian architect Harry Seidler. Seidler was born in Vienna and studied Bauhaus architecture in its infancy in Europe.

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View north along Pitt Street. The Sydney Harbour Bridge in the distance.

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“Commonwealth Bank” – A striking and impressive bank building from the 1920s built in the “Beau Arts” style. It has an equally impressive interior containing numerous 2 storey marble columns in its vast banking chamber. Nearly all banks in Martin Place have vast public banking chambers supported by marble columns.

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Another bank building on Martin Place.

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Towards the northern end of the CBD in which the density become more visible and impressive. Some streets haven’t seen direct sunlight in decades. :D

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Another street and another view towards to commercial heart of the Sydney CBD.

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Another impressive cluster of Art Deco commercial buildings on Martin Place.

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Entrance to the underground “Martin Place Station”.

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Another impressive cluster of commercial skyscrapers in the northern precinct of the CBD. This cluster is centred around “Chifley Tower” located on “Chifley Square”.

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Top of “Martin Place” looking west at the lower end towards George Street.

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SC, odlične fotke i prelijep grad! :) :cheers:

Malo me podsjeća na Europu! :nuts: :)

At the top of Martin Place passes “Macquarie Street”, this is the location of the ”State Parliament of New South Wales”. Sydney is the capital city of New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW). Macquarie Street contains the oldest buildings in Sydney and has always been the location of the state government since colonial days. Impressive buildings line the length of Macquarie Street which runs from the top of Hyde Park down towards the Harbour.

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“New South Wales State Parliament” – occupies the northern wing of the former “Rum Hospital” built in the early 1800s. This was always intended to be a “temporary” solution for the state parliament house but in the end it became the permanent location based on the ongoing history and traditions of the building.

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“Sydney Hospital” – a larger Victorian era hospital building which was in part designed by well known nurse Florence Nightingale, a founder of the nursing system. She worked here for a period of time. One of the hospital wings is dedicated in her honour. This building replaced the central wing of the former “Rum Hospital”.

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The “Former Mint” – located in the southern wing of the old “Rum Hospital”. Called the “Rum Hospital” as its construction was founded by the sale of rum alcohol when the colony was first established in Sydney. :D Now a museum.

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“Hyde Park Barracks” – built by the famous Governor Macquarie who established order in the early city. He established a large public works program that saw many elegant public and private buildings built in Sydney. He laid the foundations of Sydney’s identity. The “Hyde Park Barracks” is located at the top of Hyde Park at the start of Macquarie Street which was named in his honor. This building housed the accommodation of convicts and soldiers in the early days of Sydney. It is also the most haunted building in the city with frequent paranormal activity. :D

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Macquarie Street looking towards the harbour.

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“Centrepoint Tower” – located in the heart of the city. This 305 metre tall tower is the tallest structure in the city. It contains a public observation deck and provides important telecommunications purposes.

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“Queen’s Square” looking towards “Hyde Park Barracks”. This square is dedicated to Queen Victoria – British monarch 1835-1895.

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Located on “Queen’s Square” is the oldest church in Australia and also the oldest court house in the country. These date from the early 1800s. The church is the Anglican (Protestant) church of “Saint James”.

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Old court house. Built during the rule of Governor Macquarie. One of the oldest buildings in Sydney & Australia.

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“Culwulla Chambers” was once the tallest office building in Sydney built in 1912.

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Cluster of period commercial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Looking north along Pitt Street towards the “Harbour Bridge”. Pitt Street is an important north-south axis. Second in importance to George Street which runs parallel to it. It is lined with office towers and is also the retail epicenter of Sydney. (Pitt Street Mall).

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“MLC Centre” – Tallest office tower at 220m, second tallest Sydney Skyscraper.

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“Pitt Street Mall” – The shopping mecca of Sydney. Numerous shopping centres, department stores and retail arcades run off this important retail hub. This section is closed to traffic and is a pedestrian zone. This section of street is in the top 5 of the most expensive retail zones in the world. Retailers pay a premium to be located here.

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“Strand Arcade” – A stunning Victorian era shopping arcade. One of the few that remain from the many that were once located in this vicinity.

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Inside the “Strand Arcade”.

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A contrast. A Victorian era commercial building located at the base of Sydney’s biggest office tower (MLC Centre)

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“Sydney Arcade” – A modern retail arcade. Curved design fitting its corner location with a matching glass atrium.

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Period retail buildings lining “Pitt Street Mall”.

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“Centrepoint Tower” is located on Pitt Street Mall. It has a retail podium with elevator links to it observation deck. This tower is 305 metres tall and is the tallest structure in Sydney.

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“Sydney Central Plaza” – an exclusive shopping mall beneath Sydney’s premier department Store “Myers”.

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Glass skybridges linking shopping centres above street level. Most shopping complexes are linked by skybridges and also underground malls. From here you can walk for blocks underground towards “Town Hall” underground station. Along the way you pass beneath the “Queen Victoria Building” and from there are further connections to other underground and above ground malls and arcades. Shop till you drop in Sydney. :D

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The luxurious “Sheraton Hotel Sydney”. Its not the only Sheraton in Sydney but this one is located opposite Hyde Park.

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The “Great Synagogue” is an impressive sandstone structure with intricate façade details. Built in the Victorian era and is located opposite Hyde Park. Sydney’s Jewish population has 60,000 members.

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“Former Mark Foy’s Department Store” is an impressive building that now houses district courts. Many buildings in Sydney which once lost their former usage now serve different functions in modern times. Part of an evolving and living city.

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“The War Memorial” with “The Pool of Reflection”.

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“Hyde Park” (South) – An impressive parkland in the centre of the city.

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“Saint Mary’s Catholic Cathedral” in the distance.

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“Captain Cook Statute” - Captain James Cook “discovered” Australia in 1770 on behalf of the British Empire.

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Looking east along William Street towards “King Cross” district. This is a kilometer east of the CBD and is Sydney’s hotel, entertainment, and red light district. A very interesting area in more eays than one. This will form a part of one of my next photo threads on Sydney.

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Another Harry Seidler designed tower. This one is nicknamed by locals as the “Pancakes” because it resembles a tall stack of pancakes. :D

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“The Australian Museum”, one of the best museums in the country. Located opposite Hyde Park.

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“Saint Mary’s Catholic Cathedral” - this is the biggest church in Sydney and is impressive with its neo-Gothic design. In many ways it resembles Zagreb’s cathedral from the front. One interesting thing is that the Catherdral was only completed several years ago when the twin Gothic spires where finally added. Sydney’s Catholic Catherdral is approximately 75 metres tall (Zagreb’s is taller at 105 metres) :eek:

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The “Lands Registry” designed to compliment the nearby cathedral in neo-Gothic style. Sits beside the “Hyde Park Barracks”.

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Northern cluster of towers (Part 3 coming soon) :D

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“The Domain Walkway” – This is the worlds longest moving walkway. It links Hyde Park with the vast underground carpark located under the “Domain” parklands.

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“Hyde Park” (North) is a large parkland in the city centre with beautiful gardens, tree-lined walkways and the impressive 1920s “Archibald Fountain” which depicts elements of Greek Mythology such as the tale of the “Minatour” as one of its main sculptures.

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Looking south along Elizabeth Street, which runs along the western side of Hyde Park.

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Castlereagh Street lined with tall buildings. Narrow Streets with buildings and skyscrapers right on the streetfront.

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Another monorail station in the city centre.

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Entrance to the “Museum Subway Station” – This is one of the most beautiful old stations on the Sydney rail network. This is one of the many entrances on street level taking you down towards the underground station built in the 1920s.

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Subterranean walkways leading towards the station.

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“Museum Station” entrance at the southern end of Hyde Park.

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Elegance of a by-gone era. Styled on the London tube stations, “Museum Station” retains all of its original features when it was built in the 1920s as part of the new underground “City Circle”. It receives its name from the nearby “Australian Museum” and is located under the southern section of Hyde Park on the eastern side of the CBD.

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“Saint James Station” is another 1920s era subway station on the “City Circle” and is located beneath the northern part of Hyde Park. It takes its name from the nearby historic church of “Saint James” on “Queens Square”.

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“St James Station” has 4 platforms of which only 2 function. The other 2 platforms were sealed off in the 1950s when the underground network was reconfigured. Sydney has a vast number of discontinued train tunnels and platforms that are no longer in use. All we built in the 1920s and many have never had a train operate in them!

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“Redfern Station” underground platforms. An example of an inner city station on the “Eastern Suburbs Line”.

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“Central Station” underground platforms 23 & 24.

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Double Decker Trains are the standard on the Sydney suburban network.

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The new “Millenium Train” – These are the newest trains on the Sydney suburban
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Coming soon ….

Part 3 – City CBD North (Districts – Wynyard, Circular Quay, The Rocks). :)

:applause: :applause: :applause:

This is one fabulous report of a fabulous place :okay:

Sydney does truly look like a nice and clean place radiating with dose of optimism.

From some corners, the city somewhat reminds me of Boston.

p.s. Sincity, you ever got bit by a snake? ;)

:cheers:

:applause: :applause: :applause:

This is one fabulous report of a fabulous place :okay:

Sydney does truly look like a nice and clean place radiating with dose of optimism.

From some corners, the city somewhat reminds me of Boston.

p.s. Sincity, you ever got bit by a snake? ;)

:cheers:

Thanks Bubach. :)

The only encounter I ever had with a snake was at my Grandma's house in Croatia when I woke up from my midday Dalmatian siesta ..... opened my bedroom door to find a snake passing by on its way down the corridor .... :eek:

The funny thing was my bedroom was located on the second floor. :D

Great job SC,and very interesting pics.Thank you for introducing Sidney to us.:applause::cheers1:

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Bravo SC :bow:
Zanimljivo kako se sudaraju ,a istovremeno i nadopunjuju stare neo-goticke gradjevine sa novim ultramodernim celicno-staklenim towerima !!!
Prekrasan grad !!!

The Law!! (zakoooon!!) :D :D :D

:applause: :applause: :applause:

SC, you continue to impress. excellent work mate! :)

Great threads and amazing city! :master: You are lucky you live there!

I am specially glad to see so many photos of Sydney public transportation, metro, tram, light rail, suburban trains... But it would be nice if you could get more photos of monorail, I am very interested in that kind of public transportation... :nuts: :D :D :D

Great threads and amazing city! :master: You are lucky you live there!

I am specially glad to see so many photos of Sydney public transportation, metro, tram, light rail, suburban trains... But it would be nice if you could get more photos of monorail, I am very interested in that kind of public transportation... :nuts: :D :D :D

Sometimes lucky, but generally unfortuante .... :D

No problems, I will take some more photos of the Monorail. :)

Awesome reports, SC. A really great effort from you and very interesting for us! :cheers:

Zbilja fenomenalan grad!

Za razliku od brojnih USA gradova, ovaj australski zbilja ima dušu!
Jako podsjeća na Europu.

Fantastičan report! :okay:

Verryyyy nice photos and beautiful city!!!!:)
Thanks for the report!:okay:

Some pictures of Darling Harbour would be nice!

I'm speechless. Superb pics :master: :master: :master:. Just for curiosity, how long is this Domain Walkway?

Sin City ...ima jos nastavaka ?? :please: :okay:

Excellent city. Thank you SC for great photos.

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Na trenutak pomislih da je ovo Sarajevo...hehe

Da, australski gradovi, pogotovo Sidney su sigurno puno ugodniji i fascinantniji od američkih, premda u njiednima nisam bio. al sam vidio slike.

Sin City ...ima jos nastavaka ?? :please: :okay:

Treći dio je u pripremi. ;)

Biljezim se sa stovanjem :okay: ^^ :banana: :banana: :banana:

Treći dio je u pripremi. ;)

Super :okay:. Jedva čekamo. :cheers:

Great photos of a BEEUtiful city:)!!! I saw the photos the other day but i forgot to comment, really nice!

Wow, very nice report! :) Sydney is a truly beautiful city, with nice highrises. :bow: Btw, part I was nice too! :colgate: