williamstreet

Streetview from 2018: www.google.ie/maps/@53.2752261,-7.4924908,3a,75y,26.84h,9...

The large building with the balustraded parapet on the right was built 1911-1914 according to the NIAH: www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14807...

Of course, the dog was shy and hid its head. When I take photos of my black Labrador, he becomes a diva or a fussy Model. Considering the photographic technology and lens technology was not as sophisticated as it is today, this is an excellent capture of a moment in time. I wonder what the Irish boots looked like. In Australia R.M. Williams is the most famous brand and I have had a pair since 2001 and liked them so much bought a second pair.

Here is another urchin selling newspapers. I took this in Dublin in 1959:

barefoot child and a dog (headless) in the same photo ! we obviously have been very well behaved this week and are getting treats, and it's only Thursday - it's only in times past or pandemic lockdowns that one can stand safely in the middle of the road

What a fabulous ghostly Claddagh shawl.

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

This Lawrence photo might help with something - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335949 There seems to be a horse-drawn tramway track missing here. Edit - deja vu - www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/32437084006/

I can see a Dog doing what a dog does.

2017 Streetview is buzzing.

I wonder if these photographs (here and here) looking the other way could be of the same roadworks?

Probably pellethepoet. Sydney will be nice when it's finished! It looks like they are moving the tram lines. That section of William Street was widened a few years before (1910 - 1914), and the tram lines which used to be in the middle of the road are now in the left lanes in this picture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Street,_Sydney

hmmn ... Wikipedia in this case has its dates wrong. According to Max Kelly's 'Faces of the Street: William Street, Sydney, 1916', the authoritative study of the William Street widening, the gazetted date of resumption was 1 June 1916. However, the physical demolition was deferred for about 3 years. In total 94 properties were resumed in order to widen the road from 41 to 100 feet. Between 10 and 19 June 1916 an unknown photographer for the City of Sydney photographed the entire length of the south side of the street. The series forms part of the Demolition Books. These photographs, often with charming inadvertent details of urban daily life, are reproduced in Kelly's haunting book.

Yes, wikipedia is notoriously unreliable - that's democracy for you! William St in c.1890 (by Henry King) pre cable tram lines (1894) and pre widening. The old New Zealand Hotel is on the right - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362658129/

Hi Yes the image shows tram tracks being reset to align with the 'new' road alignment in April/May 1934. Note the tell tale close spaced double wires in the foreground sky. This is trolleybus wire (+ and - wires). So the trolleybuses are up and running. Why the discrepancy in time between road widening and realignment of tracks ? This is a classic Sydney tale. ... Because the City Council resumed properties and widened the street without gaining agreement with the State run and owned tramways to realign the tracks ! There was no pressing maintenance requirement to replace the running surface for the trams and the City Council would have squibbed at the thought of paying the NSWGT for moving the trackwork. This nonsense would never happen in Europe. In Europe the tramways would have be run by the City Government and co-operation rather than 'competition' would rule. Here we have a wonderful visual example of an English origin system of government in action ! (ie you separate powers and responsibilities until no specific agency has what it needs to do the actual job).