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Circular Quay from AMP Building, Alfred Street Sydney, 1963

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Unique IDA-00046096SeriesCity Engineer's Photographic Negatives, 1953-1975Date17th September 1963Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - NegativeDescriptionLooking west from the top of the AMP Building down onto Alfred Street. On the right is the Cahill Expressway elevated roadway which is entered from the Bradfield Highway and the Sydney Harbour Bridge at the upper right and exits at Woolloomooloo. The left hand lane travels in a circle underground and exits onto the Harbour Bridge in a northerly direction. At the lower centre, buses are parked at bus stops with another bus shelter in the centre of Alfred Street. At the lower left is Grimes Control Garages, on Arbitration Street, with four sloped rooflines. In the centre, opposite the bus shelter, is the Ship Inn Hotel, which opens at 6.30am. Beyond the hotel is Pitt Street leading south and on the far corner is Suttons Chambers, with the smaller sloped roofline, at 13-17 Pitt Street. To the left of Suttons Chambers is Bacons Building, on Cranes Place, with the Rugby Union and Metters signs on the wall and roofline. Behind that building is Ashwood Chambers which is at 174-176 George Street. This is also on the corner with Blue Anchor Lane. At the centre left, leading off to the west, is Underwood Street, with Stanway House on the right hand corner between Crane Place and Underwood Street at 33-35 Pitt Street. Further along Underwood Street is a car park behind the large white Ironworkers Building at 188-194 George Street. At the end of Alfred Street is George Street with shops along the footpath from 165-203, where the Commercial Hotel is on the corner with Essex Street. White building behind these shops is New South Wales Government Stores (Conservation House) at 102-106 Harrington Street. Beside it, on the right, is the Forestry Commission of New South Wales at 94-96 Harrington Street. At the upper left is Caltex House at 167-187 Kent Street and to the right of that is the IBM building, under construction, at 168-170 Kent Street. In the centre, below IBM, is Bushell Ltd, with the Bushell's sign on the wall, at 121-127 Harrington and to its right at number 117-119, which is also the corner with Essex Street, is Accountants House.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)

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Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (free text)6 x 6 cm Image aspectLandscape

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Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)Public access noteWhen using this image please acknowledge the City of Sydney Archives.

Identification

Source system ID013\013637Alternative IDNSCA CRS 48/3637

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Authenticity & integrityThis is an official record created by the Municial Council of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and transferred between its systems and has a high level of authenticity.

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CollectionCircular QuayOrganisationSydney City Council

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Circular Quay from AMP Building, Alfred Street Sydney, 1963