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OPEN WIDE COME INSIDE ….

"Reading maketh the full person" said William Shakespeare. It's an idea that has been adopted by Sydney Council for the 2011...

OPEN WIDE COME INSIDE ….

19 May 2022

SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS IN OUR LANDSCAPE

What is this? It is sculpture. "Sculpture is an art form that makes us think,” Sir Antony Gomley, one of the...

SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS IN OUR LANDSCAPE

12 May 2022

HOW MY GARDEN GROWS

A community is built around what is has and enjoys in common. One of those things is its enjoyment of its...

HOW MY GARDEN GROWS

5 May 2022

POET LAUREATE AUTUMNAL OFFERING

“I am a poet and boy, do I know it,” may have been a cliché spoken as a child. But Luke...

POET LAUREATE AUTUMNAL OFFERING

28 Apr 2022

CHAINS OF OFFICE

The astute observer may notice something unusual outside 52 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross. Council’s London Plane tree is encrusted with...

CHAINS OF OFFICE

21 Apr 2022

THE ART OF ENGRAILING

Our heritage is, literally, engraved into our minds - and our footpaths. The City of Sydney Council has designed into the...

THE ART OF ENGRAILING

13 Apr 2022

THINGS GO BETTER WITH CHEESE: PENNY’S CHEESE SHOP

“I love cheese” says Penny, cheese writer and cheese expert. And she is surrounded with cheese whose attributes she loves to...

THINGS GO BETTER WITH CHEESE: PENNY’S CHEESE SHOP

7 Apr 2022

WHEN ONE DOOR OPENS, ANOTHER DOOR OPENS

Photo credit: Dr Peter Sheridan AM Door is not a four-letter word for local resident, Peter Sheridan. His marvellous montage of doors,...

WHEN ONE DOOR OPENS, ANOTHER DOOR OPENS

31 Mar 2022

PEACE PARK, RUSHCUTTERS BAY

Town planners and architects agree that the quality of an urban environment is often not based on what has been...

PEACE PARK, RUSHCUTTERS BAY

24 Mar 2022

THE ELIZABETH BAY LOOP

No, the Elizabeth Bay Loop, as locals call it, is not a new knitting knot or an embroidery stitch. It’s a...

THE ELIZABETH BAY LOOP

17 Mar 2022

NO-NAME APARTMENTS, 81 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

Unusually, this quaint 1930s period block of apartments has no name. That’s because it never needed one. Names were given to...

NO-NAME APARTMENTS, 81 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

10 Mar 2022

ASHTON 102 ELIZBETH BAY ROAD

Ashton, 102 Elizabeth Bay Road, is a grand Victorian villa, built 1874, designed by Thomas Rowe. It has had many names including Caprera (c.1875-c.1910); Brema or Braemar (c.1910-c.1920)...

ASHTON 102 ELIZBETH BAY ROAD

3 Mar 2022

THE CHIMES, 45-53 MACLEAY STREET POTTS POINT

Hugo Stossel (1905-2002), was very a busy architect. Only recently has the extent and influence of his work been uncovered and...

THE CHIMES, 45-53 MACLEAY STREET POTTS POINT

24 Feb 2022

ERCILDOUNE ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY, 85 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD, ELIZABETH BAY

Ercildoune is a name with a thousand-year history still resonating in Elizabeth Bay today thanks to a wealthy local stockbroker...

ERCILDOUNE ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY, 85 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD, ELIZABETH BAY

17 Feb 2022

DEEPDENE 110 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD, ELIZABETH BAY

Designed in 1967 and built by1970, this unusual 12-storey, 45 metre-high, pre-cast concrete block of only four apartments was designed...

DEEPDENE 110 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD, ELIZABETH BAY

10 Feb 2022

Murrawan Court, 2 Elizabeth Bay Crescent

Murrawan Court at 2 Elizabath Bay Crescent, built 1961, is hidden behind Elizabeth Bay Road in a cul-de-sac. It was...

Murrawan Court, 2 Elizabeth Bay Crescent

3 Feb 2022

GOWRIE GATE; THE GENTLE ART OF THE CURVE

Gowrie Gate apartments, 115 Macleay Street, Potts Point, is a six-level Art Deco apartment block built in 1938 just before...

GOWRIE GATE; THE GENTLE ART OF THE CURVE

27 Jan 2022

MELROSE, 23A Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay

This Art Deco gem is part of Alexander Macleay’s original botanical gardens which he lovingly and lavishly built to embrace...

MELROSE, 23A Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay

20 Jan 2022

MR MINTY’S, POTTS POINT

‘Sculpture is an art form that makes us think,” Sir Antony Gormley, one of the world’s leading experts says. It is a...

MR MINTY’S, POTTS POINT

13 Jan 2022

INTERNATIONAL LODGE, 100 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

This interesting building was originally designed in 1968 by the renowned, prize-winning architect, Harry Seidler AO, (1923-2006), AC. At first glance it...

INTERNATIONAL LODGE, 100 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

16 Dec 2021