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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...

46 Chisolm Street Darlinghurst, a humble 1880s worker’s cottage lives on

11 Feb 2021

Darlinghurst lies on the edge of the City of Sydney. Although sometimes confused with its illustrious neighbour, Kings Cross, Darlinghurst is a...

THE NINE LIVES OF 23 HUGHES STREET

4 Feb 2021

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

10 ORWELL STREET, POTTS POINT

28 Jan 2021

  Orwell Street is one of a number of smaller streets in the Potts Point area. It may be diminutive in size...

POTTS POINT RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE IN CAHORS AND ON MACELHONE STEPS

21 Jan 2021

Under its leafy tree canopy Potts Point has provided shade for local residents and it has also cover for some...

The Cross Art + Books, 33 Roslyn Street, Kings Cross

14 Jan 2021

For Gavin Harris, book is not a four-letter word. Books provide his raison d'être; the reason be gets up in the...

ADVANTAGE VINTAGE

17 Dec 2020

Gregory Bolton, proprietor of Minerva Vintage, 109B Macleay Street, Potts Point, is a man on the go. With over 3,000 items...

BARNCLEUTH “CASTLE”

3 Dec 2020

Barncleuth is a rare and unusual building. It occupies two sites at 6 and 8 Barncleuth Square, Elizabeth Bay. It...