Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Sherman Gallery
is housed
in a strikingly modern building. It
is designed to hold Australian and
international contemporary sculp-
ture and paintings. Suitable access
gates and a special in-house crane
enable the movement of large-
scale artworks, including textiles.
DARLINGHURST
PADDINGTON
LOCATOR MAP
See
Street Finder,
maps 5 & 6
Paddington streets
are a
treasure chest of galleries, bars
and restaurants.
Warwick
, built in the 1860s, is a minor castle
lying at the end of a row of humble terraces. Its
turrets, battlements and assorted decorations, in
a style somewhat fancifully described as “King
Arthur”, even adorn the garages at the rear.
Windsor
Street's terrace
houses
are, in
some cases, a
mere 4.5 m
(15 ft) wide.
Street-making
in Paddington's
early days was often an expen-
sive and complicated business.
A cascade of water was dam-
med to build Cascade Street.
.
Paddington
Street
Under the established
plane trees, some of
Paddington's finest
Victorian terraces
exemplify the building
boom of 1860-90.
Over 30 years, 3,800
houses were built in
the suburb
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