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spaces featuring trees and supplied much of its produce, pods set among the trees, an
artworks, while still retaining its or the Irish, their main customers. outdoor gym and a children’s
unique character and heritage. Once the shopping centre water play area with a sandpit
The streets of Chinatown are for the inner-city poor, Paddy’s shaded by trees.
distinctive, with greengrocers, Markets is now an integral part
tradi tional herbalists, butchers’ of an ambitious development
shops with wind-dried ducks including residential apart ments q Powerhouse
hanging in their windows and a and the Market City Shopping Museum
Friday night market . Jewellers, Centre. However, the familiar
clothing shops, food courts and clamour and chaotic bargain- See pp102–3.
confectioners fill the arcades. hunting atmosphere of the
Towering over the corner of original marketplace remain.
George Street and Hay Street is Every weekend the market w Surry Hills
a sculpture by artist Lin Li, Golden has up to 800 stalls selling Map 5 A2–5. @ 301, 302, 303, 304, 339.
Water Mouth (1999). Made from everything from fresh produce See Shops and Markets pp200–207.
the trunk of a eucalyptus tree to chickens, T-shirts, towels,
covered in gold-leaf, it is said to trinkets and souvenirs. A curious mixture of funky
bring good fortune to the area. fashion, foodie havens and
shabby seediness can be found
0 The Goods Line on the streets of Surry Hills.
8 Capitol Theatre Newly renovated houses stand
Between Devonshire St tunnel
13 Campbell St, Haymarket. Map 4 E4. (Central Station) and Powerhouse alongside dilapidated dwellings,
Tel 9320 5000.  Central. v Capitol. Museum. Map 4 D4. @ Railway while streets of elegant Victorian
Open performances only. Box office: Square.  Central. v Paddy’s terraces abut modern high-rise
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Fri & 2 hrs Markets, Exhibition Centre. ∆ 0 - flats and former warehouses
before shows. 7 ∑ capitoltheatre. = 7 ∑ darlingharbour.com converted into cool cafés.
com.au For the visitor, the suburb
Built along a former freight offers a wide range of ethnic
In the mid-1800s a cattle and rail track originating in 1855, this cuisines, often at bargain prices.
corn market was situated here. partly elevated, 500-m- (1640-ft) It is famed for its Lebanese and
It became Paddy’s Market Bazaar long shared pedestrian and Turkish restaurants on Cleveland
with sideshows and an outdoor cycle path is a triumph of urban Street, but you will also find
theatre, in turn replaced by a design. It connects Darling Indian, Chinese, Thai, French
circus with a flood able ring. The Harbour to Central Station and and numerous Italian eateries
present building was erected in Ultimo district’s cultural, media scattered around the suburb,
the 1920s as a luxurious picture and educational institutions, along with stylish pubs.
palace. In the mid-1990s, the including the Powerhouse Once the centre of Sydney’s
cinema was re stor ed, in keep ing Museum, University of garment and fashion trade, Surry
with the original theme of Technology, Sydney, the Hills is still home to a number of
a Florentine Garden. Dr Chau Chak Wing Building factory outlets where clothing,
The Capitol reopened as a (see p132) and the Australian haberdashery, linens and
lyric theatre with productions Broadcasting Corporation. lingerie can be bought at below
staged beneath a Mediterranean- There are various facilities to retail prices. A range of alter native
blue ceiling studded with stars enjoy along the way, including fashion and retro clothing shops
reflecting the southern sky. communal tables, open grassy can also be found at the Oxford
spaces, table tennis tables, study Street end of Crown Street.
9 Paddy’s Markets
Cnr Thomas & Hay Sts, Haymarket. Map
4 D4. Tel 1300 361 589.  Central.
v Paddy’s Markets. Open 10am–6pm
Wed–Sun. Closed 25 Apr, 25 Dec. 7
See also Shops and Markets: p203.
∑ paddysmarkets.com.au
Haymarket, in Chinatown,
is home to Paddy’s Markets,
Sydney’s oldest market. It has
been in this area, on a number
of sites, since 1869 (with only
one five-year absence). The
name’s origin is uncertain, but
is believed to have come from
either the Chinese, who originally The Goods Line, an urban walkway following the route of a historic railway line

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