Suburb History

GRAND OLD DAME LIVES ON

7 Oct 2021

Today, the grand wooden grandstand in Rushcutters Bay Park overlooks its cream picket-fenced oval.  Its lawn apron is used for outdoor...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

30 Sep 2021

This rather non-descript, enigmatic structure at 10 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, incorporates fancy, see-through brickwork tracery. It incorporates important-looking, neo-Georgian,...

OUR LOCAL CRACKS AND CREVICES

23 Sep 2021

The word flâneur derives from the Old Norse verb flana, 'to wander with no purpose'. The terms of flânerie date...

DARNLEY HALL DESIGNED BY A COLOURFUL CHARACTER

16 Sep 2021

Seven-storey Darnley Hall, 12 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, was built in the 1930s by architects, Rosenthal and Day. Its name...

PICCADILLY HOTEL, POTTS POINT

9 Sep 2021

The Piccadilly Hotel is at 171 Victoria Street, Potts Point. Its blonde bricks and asymmetrical red-brick tower give it a striking...

92-98 Brougham Street, Woolloomooloo

2 Sep 2021

This group of four 19th century terraces, now altered, is a fascinating piece of our rich urban history. No. 92 -98...

168 Victoria Street Potts Point, a brush with fame?

19 Aug 2021

This fine terrace house was built between 1864 and 1884. Early records indicate the site was first purchased in 1868,...

Billyard Avenue , Elizabeth Bay

29 Jul 2021

34A Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, was built circa 1886 and was formerly known as Macleay House. It is hidden behind...

TRESCO, Elizabeth Bay: The Genius Of The Place

22 Jul 2021

Within the heart of the Elizabeth Bay Road loop is Tresco, an 1868 marine villa whose sandstone wall  shrouds its historical...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...