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Print - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1913

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Unique IDA-00039209SeriesDemolition Books - Albums and Prints, 1900-1949Date27th August 1913Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - PrintNavigationSee Related Items for the Glass Plate Negative of this image.DescriptionLooking west along Hay Street showing work on site with cranes belonging to Wheelwright and Alderson, concrete footing and brick walls being constructed for the Great Western Coffee Palace. The Municipal Markets number 1 is on the left and the building past the workmen is the Engineers Hotel which was renamed the Covent Gardens Hotel. Chimneys in the background are the Ultimo Power Station. On the right is Babcock and Wilcox at 427-429 Sussex Street. 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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Numbering & quantity

Volume number32

Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscaleImage aspectLandscape

Address

Street number431-439Street nameSussexStreet typeStreetSuburbHaymarketPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system ID003\003295Alternative ID51/3072

Data quality

Authenticity & integrityThis is an original print 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 - PrintsOrganisationSydney City CouncilBoxCSA045395Related ItemsA-01000864 Glass Negative - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1913Album - Demolition Books - Volume 32 - Construction progress, 1913-1922

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Print - Construction of the Great Western Coffee Palace, Haymarket, 1913