sussexstreet

Wonderful picture, full of interest, and it reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." It looks like it was taken from the roof of the Corn Exchange. Reverse view at about the same time - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2712343375/ . The Boomerang Hotel (with the enormous gas lantern, evidently required by law) was replaced in 1902 by the current Shellbourne Hotel, which narrows the image date to between 1890-1902. I wonder if the photo was part of the plague survey of 1900, or something to do with the planning of street realignment for the new Pyrmont Bridge, opened in 1902?

Thanks for adding the PHM photo link, beachcomberaustralia. It really gives this intersection a 3D perspective, doesn't it?. I'm sure you won't be surprised to know this is one of our "Moments in Time" photos on the Archives Outside blog.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pubs of Australia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's older buildings and structures. , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The plague albums have many pictures from around this area, and Batson's Lane ( www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/4403061026/ ) is just up Sussex Street, near the sign "J. Ireland 230" . I think this photo is one of the unpublished plague photos which dates it as 1900.

Looking at google streetview it looks like this building has recently been demolished. The next door building on the left is still standing.

Yes, and the building on the right has been replaced by something very plain! Thanks for the link, I'll add a note for "Bristol Arms"

Another photo of the "Bristol Arms" to the right - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2533276498/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's older buildings and structures. , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

No. 1 Sussex Street, which is very pleasing to the eye, was an office block designed by Willliam Wardell. Wardell was also the architect of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.

It looks like a scene straight out of Dickens! At the junction of Napoleon and Sussex Streets, looking south. The 1890 map shows "Grafton Wharf" and the kink in Sussex Street apparent in this photo. www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1280-s1-sd&rg...

Reverse view from up the street - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2925973802/

My GGG Grandfather Richard Sim had one of his many flour mills at Grafton Wharf in the 1860s. His daughter (my GG Grandmother) Louisa Maud Sim was born in Sussex Street in 1866. Her birth certificate confirms this fact. Her son (my great grandfather) stated in his diary that his mother was born in Sussex St where all the wharves were. I believe the area that was once Grafton Wharf is now Barrangaroo?

kerle61 Yes, it is the southern end of what is becoming Barangaroo. GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/YWkxT3idGf32 . The warehouse at left (Grafton Bond) is still there, but foreshortened to enable the extension of Sussex Street.