Suburb History

KING OF THE HILL: MACLEAY-REGIS

26 Nov 2020

MACLEAY- REGIS, Latin for “King of Macleay”, 12 Macleay Street, is an appropriate title for this regal, majestic apartment block. Apartment...

HUGHES STREET POTTS POINT

5 Nov 2020

Hughes Street, Potts Point, is one of Potts Point’s more intimate streets. It runs east-west off Macleay Street to Victoria...

29 Oct 2020

TARA, 3-5 Greenowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay “Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence...

TWENTY MACLEAY STREET

8 Oct 2020

Twenty Macleay Street is one of a number of a large number of apartment blocks built in the highly fashionable...

Bayview, 41-49 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay

1 Oct 2020

Many Europeans and Euro-architects fled before, during and after World War II (1939-1945). They were escaping persecution from the German Nazis because...

MEUDON: BEAUTIFUL VIEW, À LA FRANÇAISE

24 Sep 2020

MEUDON, 13 Onslow Avenue, overlooking Elizabeth Bay, is an unusual building. It looks like a very large iron, similar to...

KELBURN HALL, ELIZABETH BAY

11 Sep 2020

Kelburn Hall, 51 Elizabeth Bay Road, is a four-storey apartment block of 16 apartments and one of the hidden gems...

GRANTHAM STREET

10 Sep 2020

Grantham Street, Potts Point, has a noble past but it is not based on the name of Lord Grantham, head of...

KALOOLA

3 Sep 2020

Apartment 7, Kaloola, at 2 St Neot Avenue, Potts Point, is for sale through Angelo Bouras and Penny Timothy https://www.rwebay.com.au/5734107/ It was...

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

20 Aug 2020

Many inner-city buildings, particularly apartment buildings, have specific names, not just street numbers, unlike many suburban homes. This practice probably originates...

THE LEVENS

6 Aug 2020

The Levens, 29-33 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, is a modest, unassuming block of five apartments. It was built in 1927...

KINGS CROSS STATION

30 Jul 2020

Kings Cross railway station was opened in 1979 as part of the completion of the Eastern Suburbs Railway line (ESR)....

“MAYFAIR”, 6 McDONALD STREET, POTTS POINT

23 Jul 2020

"Mayfair" is an exclusive three-storey, block of seven, three-bedroom apartments at 6 McDonald Street, Potts Point. It sits on the corner...

A SILENT SCULPTURE

2 Jul 2020

Sitting silently in Springfield Gardens, Kings Cross, is a Sydney Council sculpture. It has no name, no known designer, and...

Former Commonwealth Bank, 40-42 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross

25 Jun 2020

This unusual building at 42 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, is a former Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) branch. It still...

Woolloomooloo Warehouse Re-used

17 Jun 2020

153-161 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, is historically significant. It is one of the few remaining warehouse developments that were part of...

LIVING ON THE SKYLINE AS KING OF THE HILL: MACLEAY-REGIS

11 Jun 2020

MACLEAY-REGIS is Latin for “King of Macleay”, and 12 Macleay Street, is an appropriate title for this regal, majestic apartment...

84 Elizabeth Bay Road

21 May 2020

Number 84 Elizabeth Bay Road is a nineteenth century two-storey brick home of grand proportions. For its time it was...

The Frisco Hotel, Woolloomooloo

14 May 2020

The Frisco Hotel at 46 Dowling Street, Woolloomoloo, is of historic and social importance. There was a hotel on the site...

PEMBROKE

7 May 2020

"Pembroke" is nine-storey block of apartments built in 1938, just prior to the beginning of World War II, during the...