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Lane off George Street North, Sydney, c. 1906,

from State Library of New South Wales

  • covid convict said:
    I'm not sure when this pic was taken...possibly during the demolitions that took place in ca. 1908 for the widening of George St North...if you zoom in on the original, at the top of the stairs you can see the 'Sailors Welcome' signage painted on the wall of the Ocean Wave Hotel...this doesn't appear in the pics taken in [1901], so it's later than then...the Ocean Wave Hotel was evidently demolished in 1908, so that's a latest date...

    Also see the comments and links at these pics
  • geoff.barker285 said:
    i checked the poster re subdivision sale in Manly which was in 1906 so am presuming around that date.
  • covid convict said:
    geoff.barker285 Good! I didn't see it!
  • Philip Cohen said:
    As SLNSW noted, circa 1906, demolition at very start of road widening; here's another view …
    collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oXqadn/repg6rwwJGX64

Phillip Street at Hunter Street

from Powerhouse Museum

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Philip Street used to be straight from Circular Quay to St James church - it now has a kink at Chifley Square - which is why this view is a bit puzzling. The 1890 map shows this clearly, together with the route of the steam tram line, one of the first in Sydney. www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1280-s1-sd&rg...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Charles Bayliss - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=413452
  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/work/247379779 - Trove link to slide at PHM Latest date ca. 1903... Per various digitised newspaper items, the Star Hotel (SW cnr Phillip/Hunter Sts) and the adjoining buildings seen here in Phillip St appear to have been demolished in 1903-04...the Star Hotel appears to have been demolished in ca. April-June 1904...the licensee of the Star Hotel evidently had a lease on the property which evidently delayed its demolition...the Central Police Station was erected on the site in ca. 1905-06... On the other side of Phillip St, the Assembly Hotel (SE cnr Phillip/Hunter Sts) appears to have been demolished in the 1930s...and replaced by a new Assembly Hotel...which remained until ?the early 1960s... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228525417 - the Australian Star, 27th June, 1903...historical item on the buildings being demolished... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/113908249 - Evening News, 11th June, 1904...demolition of the Star Hotel then in progress (see 1st item)... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126554375 - Sunday Times, 6th May, 1906...police move into the completed Central Police Station... trove.nla.gov.au/work/184464391 - ca. 1927-28 NLA Fairfax pic of the Central Police Station... trove.nla.gov.au/work/184210393 - this ca. 1933 NLA Fairfax aerial pic shows the buildings seen here in the foreground on the rhs of Phillip St still standing...

'William Street' RAHS/Osborne Collection

from Royal Australian Historical Society

  • spelio said:
    My Grandfather had a business here! May have imported one of these cars….