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Glass Negative - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1914

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Unique IDA-01000896SeriesDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDate15th April 1914Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - Glass NegativeNavigationSee Related Items for the Print of this image.DescriptionLooking north west towards the porticoed entrance and the completed four story building. Hay Street with the Engineers Hotel, which was renamed the Covent Garden Hotel, is off to the left and Sussex Street is off to the right. Extra structure on the roof is now finished as well as storm water pipes down the face of the building in place. An awning using Sydney steel is being constructed above the footpath as well as the safety fence around the building now removed. Horse and carts are out on a sunny day. 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 SydneyDigitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

Photograph

Print - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1914

Characteristics

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

Address

Street number431-439Street nameSussexStreet typeStreetSuburbHaymarketPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

Access

Public access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

Identification

Source system ID094/094743Alternative ID51/3104

Data quality

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 NegativesBoxCSA069362Related ItemsA-00039241 Print - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1914

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Glass Negative - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1914