Suburb History

Kings Cross Wayside Chapel Op Shop

Under their banner of “Love Over Hate” the Wayside Chapel, 31 Hughes Street, Potts Point, provides unconditional love, care and support...

Kings Cross Wayside Chapel Op Shop

11 Aug 2022

54 ROSLYN STREET, POTTS POINT

54 Roslyn Street Potts Point is a mixture of buildings It was an original 19th century cottage added to in increments....

54 ROSLYN STREET, POTTS POINT

14 Jul 2022

INTERNATIONAL LODGE, 31B, 100 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

This interesting building was originally designed in 1968 by the renowned, outspoken, prize-winning architect, Harry Seidler AO, (1923-2006), AC. Apartment 31B is...

INTERNATIONAL LODGE, 31B, 100 ELIZABETH BAY ROAD

7 Jul 2022

55 MACLEAY STREET POTTS POINT

The Holiday Lodge, 55 Macleay Street Potts point, is the last piece of a puzzle. it is a remnant of an...

55 MACLEAY STREET POTTS POINT

30 Jun 2022

22 MACLEAY STREET

22 Macleay Street Potts Point is a seven-level apartment block whose site was laid out in the 1820s along the ridge...

22 MACLEAY STREET

23 Jun 2022

NORMANDY 67 DARLINGHURST ROAD KINGS CROSS

The Normandy apartments at 67 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, is officially in the suburb of Potts Point, but is located...

NORMANDY 67 DARLINGHURST ROAD KINGS CROSS

9 Jun 2022

22 WYLDE STREET SPY HAVEN

22 Wylde Street is the story of Potts Point. It is a palimpsest reflecting the many layers of our local...

22 WYLDE STREET SPY HAVEN

26 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

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

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

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