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Glass Negative - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1913

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Unique IDA-01000874SeriesDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDate5th November 1913Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - Glass NegativeNavigationSee Related Items for the Print of this image.DescriptionLooking west along Hay Street showing work on site with cranes belonging to Wheelwright and Alderson and internal and external brick walls and flooring being constructed on the first and second floors for the Great Western Coffee Palace. The Municipal Markets number 1 is on the left and the building past the workmen in Hay Street is the Engineers Hotel which was renamed the Covent Gardens Hotel. Chimneys in the background are the Ultimo Power Station. The Great Western Coffee Palace was designed by the City Architect and built by the Sydney City Council as a Temperance Hotel on land resumed for slum clearance. It became a licensed hotel in 1916, and was converted into the Kien Hay Centre and Burlington Centre 431-439 Sussex Street containing retail and offices, in the 1980s. Part of a sequence of photographs taken to record the construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, from ground clearing June 1913 to completion April 1914.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Author/creatorCity of SydneyPublisherCity of Sydney

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Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions16.51 x 21.59 cm (6.5 x 8.5 in)

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Street number431-439Street nameSussexStreet typeStreetSuburbHaymarketPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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Public access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

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Source system ID094/094721Alternative ID51/3082

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Authenticity & integrityThis is an original glass negative image created by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity.

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CollectionDemolition Books - Glass NegativesCoffee Palaces and StallsBoxCSA069361Related ItemsA-00039219 Print - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1913

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