australiantownandcountryjournal22ndseptember1900

nice shot!

Great photo

Its so funny seeing Sydney Town Hall as the tallest structure. And of all the buildings in this picture, only the ones on the left (St Andrews Cathedral, the Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building) remain standing today.

bring back the horse and cart!!

Strange - tram lines and pylons all in place (George St line opened in December 1899), but no trams at 2:48pm. I wonder if this was taken just before the trams started operating?

beautiful

che spettacolo :)

Earlier view - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362660609/

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71390270/5335148# - this pic appeared in the Australian Town & Country Journal, 22nd September, 1900 (see pic top rhs on 2nd page of link)...it's unclear whether the pic had been taken recently...

Google Maps street view: maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

It is very sad, the same people who manage lands are the same people who removed a piece of their own history, and on both sides of this street, now all that is left is the building in the far distance.

And there is the building in the distance, on New Years Eve 2009, this link to the Powerhouse shot kindly added by beachcomberaustralia www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/4233527870/

you can see why barnet wanted the clock tower located at rear of building. he wanted it to be seen from spring and bent streets. not centred .cool pic

Uminarampart thanks for that interesting information about James Barnet's intentions. It shows up clearly on the Google Maps satellite picture - maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&... . Recently found a picture of James Barnet on top of the (new) Macquarie Lighthouse - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/4312847312/