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Street-by-Street: City Centre
Although closely rivalled by Melbourne,
this is the business and commercial
capital of Australia. Vibrant by day, at night
the streets are far less busy when office
workers and shoppers have gone home.
The comparatively small city centre of this
sprawling metropolis seems to be almost
jammed into a few city blocks. Because
Sydney grew in such a haphazard fashion, with many of
today's streets following tracks from the harbour origi-
nally made by bullocks, there was no allowance for the
expansion of the burgeoning city into what has become
a major international centre. A colourful night scene of
cafés, restaurants and theatres is emerging, however, as
more people return to the city centre to live.
Sculpture outside
the MLC Centre
.
Queen Victoria Building
Taking up an entire city block,
this 1898 former produce
market has been lovingly
restored and is now a
shopping mall
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State Theatre
A gem from the era when the movies
reigned, this glittering and richly dec-
orated 1929 cinema was once hailed
as “the Empire's greatest theatre”
3
To Sydney
Town Hall
The Queen Victoria
Statue
was found after
a worldwide search in
1983 ended in a small
Irish village. It had lain
forgotten and neglected
since being removed
from the front of the
Irish Parliament in 1947.
STAR SIGHTS
. Queen Victoria
Building
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Marble Bar
Once a landmark bar in the
1893 Tattersalls hotel, it was
dismantled and re-erected in
the Sydney Hilton in 1973
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250
. Sydney Tower
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Martin Place
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