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Showing posts with label shops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shops. Show all posts
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Haberfield, theatre
The former Haberfield Theatre is located on Ramsay Street, in the inner west suburb of Haberfield. It was built in 1925 with the initials "HT" in the Classical Revival style facade. It replaced the Haberfield Model Pictures which had been built in 1912 and served a dual use as a roller skating rink and cinema. The new theatre was renamed Elite Theatre in 1940 and operated independently until it closed in 1970. It was converted into a supermarket and since 2009 has operated as IGA Lamonica.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Haberfield, hall
This former Salvation Army Hall is located on Ramsay Street, in the inner west suburb of Haberfield.The hall was built in 1914 as a place of worship for the Salvation Army. The hall has been restored and now houses a fruit market.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Haberfield, shops
This building is located on the corner of Ramsay Street and Dalhousie Street in the inner west suburb of Haberfield. The suburb has many houses and shops built in the Federation style of architecture. This building originally featured a number of shopfronts with residences above. It now houses the Dolcisimmo Italian Restaurant, a Pizzeria and a Cafe/Gelateria.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Mosman, shops
Monday, November 7, 2011
Mosman, shops
This commercial building is located along Military Road, in the lower north shore suburb of Mosman. William Henry Smith was a speculative builder who with his partner S. H. Cabban were responsible for many buildings in the Federation architectural style in the suburb. From the late 1890s, they erected a number of shops including "The Strand" which are now part of a conservation area.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Mosman, shops
These shops are located along Military Road, in the lower north shore suburb of Mosman. It has been declared a conservation area for this early twentieth century shopping strip. The shop and residence on the corner with the turret is an example of the Federation Queen Anne architectural style.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Pendle Hill, shopping centre
The shopping centre on Pendle Way in the western suburb of Pendle Hill. This is typical of a western suburb shopping centre, located close to a railway station. The buildings and structures on the industrial properties, on the other side of the railway track, dominate the skyline.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Liverpool, shop
This shopfront and residential building is located on Scott Street, in the south western suburb of Liverpool. It was originally built in 1875 but was restored and refurbished in 2002. It currently houses a Dental Surgery and Chiropractic Practice.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Balmain, cafe
Monday, July 18, 2011
Birchgrove, shop
This corner shop is located in Rowntree Street, in the inner west suburb of Birchgrove. The building has recently been restored and has reopened as Rowntree Corner Store with grocery goods, fresh fruit and vegeteblas and a delicatessen.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Waterloo, shops
This wide footpath is located in front of shops along Botany Road, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. It's typical of a traditional suburban shopping centre with a fruit shop, coffee shop, bakery, supermarket seen here and even a payphone. The suburb of Waterloo took its name from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when Allied and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher defeated the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Australian Hall, Elizabeth Street
The Australian Hall on Elizabeth Street is a heritage building built in the Federation Romanesque architectural style. It was erected between 1910 and 1913 as a club for German migrants, known as the Concordia. The Knights of the Southern Cross, a right-wing Catholic fraternal lay group, purchased it in 1920 and constructed the Australian Hall in the building. They sold it in 1979 to the Hellenic Club and Greek Cypriots used it as the Cyprus Hellene Club. This is the site of the first national Aboriginal civil rights gathering convened by the Aborigines Progressive Association and held in 1938, known as the “Day of Mourning”. The building was purchased in 1999 by the Metropolitan Aboriginal Association Incorporated and refurbished, with the hall restored to its 1938 state. It is the first non-Aboriginal structure to be recognised in Australia as an Aboriginal heritage site. NAIDOC week, which this year runs from 3rd July to 11th July, is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Telopea, Waratah Shopping Centre
Waratah Shopping Centre is a group of shops located along Benaud Place in the western suburb of Telopea. The name of the suburb comes from Telopea Speciosissima, a native flower that was abundant in the area before European settlement. The telopea is more commonly known as the Waratah, which is also the floral emblem of the state of New South Wales. While the shops here are certainly not architectural wonders, they have tried to enhance the area with a colourful graffiti mural down the side of the shops and this nature strip garden, in the middle of the road.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Surry Hills, restaurant
This former grocery shop with residential space above is in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. This heritage building built in 1912 has now become an Italian restaurant known as Essenza Italian. It has been beautifully restored with an eye-catching colour scheme.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Darlinghurst, Taylor Square
This building stands on the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street at Taylor Square, in Darlinghurst. Iin recent years, it has had its painted exterior sandblasted to reveal the original brickwork. Some of the the paint that has seeped into the bricks remains, to give the exterior a rustic look. The tenants in the building include Coco Cubano on the ground floor, a Cuban style café and bar. The billboard on the roof is in a prime position, above one of Sydney's busiest traffic intersections. AussieBum is an Australian underwear and swimwear brand, with a cheeky name, that has become big overseas in recent years and has now expanded into surfwear, sportswear, loungewear and leisurewear.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Petersham, church
This shop and residential building built in the Federation architecture style is located on the corner of Audley Street and Trafalgar Street, in the inner west suburb of Petersham. It has been used as a church by the Petersham Assembly of God since 1965.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Strand Arcade, Christmas decorations
The Strand Arcade is a historic shopping arcade, built in 1891 in the Victorian architectural style, that runs between George Street and Pitt Street. This centemporary Christmas Tree (above) complete with a red bench at its base rises up to the third level and was the centrepiece of their Christmas decorations this year. The balconies and sky bridges were adorned in fairy lights (below) and the large wreath and star were hung above the George Street entrance.
Friday, December 24, 2010
David Jones department store, Christmas
The Christmas display windows at the Elizabeth Street store of the David Jones department store. This year's theme is Christmas carols, featuring "O Christmas Tree", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "Ding Dong Merrily On High", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" and "The First Noel".
Friday, December 3, 2010
Lindfield, shops and flats
These buildings are located along Lindfield Avenue, opposite the railway station in the northern suburb of Lindfield. Like many suburban shopping centres in Sydney, they contain shops on the ground floor and residential flats above.
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