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What a SPECTACULAR building! And look! No cars on the streets at all!! WHY?!? Shame it had to go, I guess. I never even got to visit it :(

It was poss taken on a Sunday, and in the morning by the look of the shadow.

Now World Square

Was used by NSW Institute of Technology (now UTS) for business and law school from 1967-1984. in the end It leaked in some of the classrooms when it rained, and had non-functioning lifts in the middle of the staircase. Still good memories of the Brickfield Hill building though.

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Note the water sprayed on the tram tracks to reduce the dust ... photo taken 1899-1900 before the introduction of electric traction to the Pitt Street and Castlereagh Street routes

They must have thought this was colossal for it's time... this pre-dates any real notion of a train network surely?

Highranger It was! In fact the Sydney Railway Company, precursor to the Government operations which surplanted the company was advocating moving the central railway station of the first line closer to the heart of the city as early as 1849. Here is a map of the first planned extension

Before (c.1880) - After (c.1906) -

Interesting article in the SMH of 3/1/1902 (p.3) one year before this photo, describing the progress and the amount of work involved in moving the hill where the cemetery was. trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14446921 .

Looks like they're at the Central Station parcels office...in the background we're looking West across George St down Quay St. Some of the buildings seen here are still standing...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/190120541 - this [1927] NLA Fairfax pic of George St, etc which looks to have been taken from the Central Station clock tower gives a good view of the general location...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/187501373 - ditto this other NLA Fairfax pic of Railway Square...

The date has to be ca. 1927 or later...you can just make out the Empire Theatre in Quay St...it was completed in 1927...it had a very distinctive hoarding/billboard/sign on top which just makes it into frame in the background behind the delivery guys' heads...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/10441750 - SLNSW Sam Hood pic of the Empire Theatre...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/13466707 - another SLNSW Sam Hood pic of the Empire Theatre...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/10430566 - more wonders of Trove!...the NLA has another pic of these Hordern's delivery guys...looks to be the same occasion...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/11361441 - this other pic of the Hordern's delivery wagons looks to be much earlier...

Wonderful historical photo…

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