Sydney Tower, viewed from King Street, partly through the glass facade and glass roof of Sydney Arcade.
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Showing posts with label towers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label towers. Show all posts
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Millers Point, boats
These rescue boats and harbour pilot boats are moored at Moore's Wharf, on Walsh Bay, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. The vessels, outside the Operational Headquarters of the Sydney Ports Corporation, are used on Sydney Harbour. The Harbour Control Tower was once used for the the city's port facilities, at what is now known as Barangaroo.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Sydney Town Hall, York Street
This side view of the Sydney Town Hall is from York Street. In the bacground of this sandstone heritage bulding are contemorary skyscrapers the HSBC Centre on George Street and Lumiere in Bathurst Street. This view of the town hall is improved in Winter when the trees have dropped all their leaves.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Pyrmont, Jones Bay Wharf
A view of Jones Bay Wharf, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont, with Barangaroo and the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the distance. Jones Bay Wharf consists of Piers 19-21 of Pyrmont Wharves. This marina on Jones Bay sits beside Pier 21. The wharf and warehouse buildings were originally built in 1919, as part of Sydney's port facilities. After those port facilities were relocated to Port Botany, the buildings were redeveloped in 2003 into commercial space.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Balmain, post office
The Balmain Post Office is a heritage building on Darling Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain. The post office with teh magnificent clock tower is part of a large public building completed in 1887, which also includes the court house and police station. The building was designed by James Barnet and contains elements of Victorian Academic Classical, Victorian Free Classical and Victorian Italianate architectural styles.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
King Street Wharf, Sydney skyline, sunset
This view of King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour and the Sydney skyline is from Pyrmont, at sunset, just as the clouds rolled in from the east.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Burwood, post office
The former post office in the inner west suburb of Burwood was built in 1892. It was designed by government architect Walter Liberty Vernon in the Victorian Italianate architectural style and is now on the National Estate Register.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Cronulla, Elouera Beach, tower
This lifesaver's tower located near the Elouera Surf Lifesaving Club, sits behind Elouera Beach at Cronulla and provides an optimum view of swimmers and surfers in the ocean.
Friday, January 7, 2011
General Post Office, clock tower
The clock tower of the General Post Office (GPO) building, located at 1 Martin Place between George Street and Pitt Street. The GPO was constructed in stages from 1866-91, designed by colonial architect James Barnet in the Victorian Free Classical style. The clock tower dominated the city skyline when it was built but these days it is dwarfed by many nearby skyscrapers. In 1999, the GPO was redeveloped as part of the the Westin Hotel and Macquarie Bank office building behind it.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Willoughby, tower
This television transmission tower in the northern suburb of Willoughby is located at the headquarters of the Nine Network, one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Standing at 233 metres high, it is the tallest television tower in Australia.
Friday, October 8, 2010
La Perouse, tower
The La Perouse peninsula is the northern headland of Botany Bay. La Perouse Tower, which stands in the Botany Bay National Park, was the oldest building in the area. It is a sandstone tower constructed in 1820-22 as part of the accommodation for a small guard of soldiers that were stationed here to prevent smugglers from entering Botany Bay. The watchtower stayed in use until 1904.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
King Street Wharf, Sydney skyline
This view of King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour with the Sydney skyline in the background is from Sydney Wharf at Pyrmont.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cockle Bay, Sydney skyline
Cockle Bay Wharf, the Darling Harbour Marina and Sydney skyline reflections in Cockle Bay.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Pyrmont Bridge, lamp
Looking up at the streaks of clouds in an otherwise blue sky, the lamp on the pylon of Pyrmont Bridge seems to dwarf the giant flag pole in Cockle Bay and Sydney Tower in the distance, from this angle.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Pyrmont Bridge, control tower and gate
This control tower and gate are located on the Pyrmont Bridge, a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened to traffic in 1902. It was one of the largest spanning swing bridges in the world and one of the first to be powered by electricity. It was closed to traffic in the 1980s when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built but reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. The bridge also carries an elevated monorail which travels between the central business district and Darling Harbour. The monorail track rests on a pivot that allows the track to remain stationary while the bridge swings underneath, so that the monorails can continue to cross even when the bridge is opened for large boats and yachts.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sydney Airport, Terminal Control Unit
The Sydney Airport Terminal Control Unit at Mascot sits close to the runways which jut into Botany Bay, alongside the old airport control tower that operated from 1972. The old tower was designed and built by government departments in an era of entrenched bureaucracy. The engineers did not consult with the air traffic controllers, so it was not tall enough and views were unsatisfactory. It was replaced by the current Sydney Airport Control Tower in 1996 which is functionally and technologically better.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Millers Point and Barangaroo
This view of the inner city suburbs of Millers Point and Barangaroo is from a ferry on Sydney Harbour. Moore's Wharf and the Operational Headquarters of the Sydney Ports Corporation in the foreground and the Palisade Hotel on the horizon are in Millers Point. The Harbour Control Tower and the city's former port facilities, which are soon to be redeveloped, were formerly part of Millers Point but are now part of a new suburb known as Barangaroo.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Cockatoo Island, stack and tower
The chimney stack and the water tower from the industrial past of Cockatoo Islandstill dominate the skyline. The coal fired powerhouse and brick chimney stack were built in 1918, to provide electricity for the island. The concrete tower is the tallest of three that provided water to the island. For a distant view of how they dominate the skyline of the island, there's a shot here from across the harbour.
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