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ANCIENT GROTTO REVEALS HIDDEN HISTORY

8 Jul 2021

A Romanesque shrine with date carved in stone “1835”   A GROTTO, stairs, balustrade and retaining walls embellished the garden of Elizabeth...

An Opportunity Not To Be Missed

1 Jul 2021

The new Kings Cross Community Centre Opportunity (Op) shop opened last week at 117A Macleay Street opposite the Fitzroy Gardens.  Items...

CARINTHIA, NEO-CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE

24 Jun 2021

Carinthia is an elegant eleven-storey apartment building facing north-south at 7 Springfield Avenue, Potts Point also backing onto Earl Place. Apartment...

DUST TO DUST, ASHES TO ASHES, TRASH TO TREASURE

17 Jun 2021

Monsieur Stephane Fodor and his business partner, Donna, revel in vintage and eclectic items. In their micro store, named DUST,...

THE MANY LIVES OF 23 HUGHES STREET

10 Jun 2021

THE MANY LIVES OF 23 HUGHES STREET  23 Hughes Street, Potts Point, is almost hidden from history. It sits behind foliage...

GREG NATALE, WORLD-CLASS TASTEMAKER INSPIRED TO DECORATE

3 Jun 2021

“I knew I wanted to be an interior decorator when I was ten years old” says Greg Natale, adding ”I...

159 VICTORIA STREET, POTTS POINT

27 May 2021

159 Victoria Street, Potts Point is a grand terrace house built in about 1872. It is for sale through Jason Boon,...

ASHDOWN- ART DECO JEWEL

20 May 2021

In 1911 Aaron Bolot (1900-1989), architect of Ashdown, 96-98 Elizabeth Bay Road, fled from Crimea, a peninsula located on the...

AAA Communications – David Barrett, the techno-man

13 May 2021

David Barrett is a driven man. When only five years old, he was already a techno-nerd with his own electronic...

Mr Bates, the busy architect

6 May 2021

Albert Edmund Bates (1862-1929), an early 20th century Sydney architect, was a busy person. He was born in New Zealand and...

IN THE SAME LOCALE

29 Apr 2021

A new menswear shop has opened in Potts Point called "LOCALE." It focuses on the needs of locals. Its range...

22 Apr 2021

MADE IN MELBOURNE The chocolate box opened this week at 117 Macleay Street Potts Point, in the Art Deco Cahors building. Established...

15 Apr 2021

RIVIERA LIFESTYLE IN ELIZABETH BAY   The European Riviera is a well-known international, glamorous, waterside lifestyle location bordering France and Italy. Riviera apartments,...

THE SINGING ARCHITECT: CLANRICARDE

9 Apr 2021

Clanricarde, 15 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, is an imposing 1920s apartment block. It may take its name from Clanricarde, an ancient...

OUR MOUNTED POLICE – A QUIET PRESENCE

31 Mar 2021

Photo credit: NSW Police Force   At certain times of the day and night something quaint, even antique, happens in our 2011...

FORMER 1870s KINCOPPAL SCHOOL STABLES, ELIZABETH BAY

25 Mar 2021

This quaint, free-standing, single-storey sandstone building facing Elizabeth Bay Road has a long, and useful, 150-year history. John Hughes (1825-1885), a...

18 Mar 2021

Hotel Challis: 21-23 Challis Avenue Potts Point    Located within the Challis Estate subdivision of 1889, the grand terraces at 21-23 Challis...

SAVOY, 10 Hardie Street, Darlinghurst

4 Mar 2021

Claud Hamilton (1891-1943), architect and inventor, built one of his grandest buildings, the Savoy, in 1919 at 10 Hardie Street,...

USING THE PAST AS A PLINTH FOR THE FUTURE 

25 Feb 2021

506070: USING THE PAST AS A PLINTH FOR THE FUTURE      The 506070 boutique in Elizabeth Bay is Sydney’s original mid-century design...

Rosaleen Norton, witch-at-large

18 Feb 2021

Kings Cross in the 1970s was very, very different to today’s Darlinghurst Road strip. It harboured bohemian eccentrics and misanthropes on...