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92  SY DNEY

Street-by-Street: City Centre

Sydney is a city in transformation. Vibrant by day,
traditionally the streets would empty when the
workers and shoppers retreated to the suburbs at night.
A booming population and the growing appeal of city
living is driving a renaissance in the city centre, however,
with an emerging night scene that revolves around
wine bars, restaurants, theatres and cultural events.
Rapid development of high-rise apartments has been
accompanied by the biggest infrastructure projects in
the city in a century. The removal of buses and cars from
George Street and the introduction of light-rail modern 1. Queen Victoria Building
trams running its length by 2019 will enable the Taking up an entire city block, this
pedestrianization of the city’s major boulevard. 1898 former produce market was
lovingly restored in 1986 and is
now a shopping mall.

2 State Theatre
G E O R G E S T R E E T T M A R K E T
G E O R G E S T R E E
A gem from the golden age of movies, Y O R K S T R E E T
this 1929 cinema was once hailed as “the
Empire’s greatest theatre”. It now hosts
live concerts too.

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To Sydney M A R K E T S T R E E T
P I T T S T R E E T T
S T R E E T
P I T T S T R E E
Town Hall

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Key
The Queen Victoria Statue was Suggested route
found after a worldwide search E L I Z A B E T H S T R E E T
in 1983 ended in a small Irish
village. It had lain forgotten and P A R K S T R E E T
neglected since being removed
from the front of the Irish
Parliament in 1947.
P A R K S T R E E T
Marble Bar was once a landmark bar in the
1893 Tattersalls hotel. It was re-erected in the
basement of the Sydney Hilton in 1973, and
again in 2005 when the hotel was rebuilt.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp482–3 and pp504–7