Sydney Open 2010
Everyone knows there are secret Sydneys. Not just waterfront apartments and gothic mansions of state, but quieter faces - the back rooms, offices, tunnels and storehouses that make the city function, or once did. Stone, glass, brick, old, new - scattered, strange buildings around the city that make you think. Sydney Open throws back the veil for a weekend, letting Sydneysiders peek behind the scenes. There are focus tours of individual properties over the whole weekend, while on Sunday there is a city-wide wander. So get the map, get nosy and get a look behind the curtain.
Overview
Everyone knows there are secret Sydneys. Not just waterfront apartments and gothic mansions of state, but quieter faces the back rooms, offices, tunnels and storehouses that make the city function, or once did. Stone, glass, brick, old, new scattered, strange buildings around the city that make you think. Sydney Open throws back the veil for a weekend, letting Sydneysiders peek behind the scenes. There are focus tours of individual properties over the whole weekend, while on Sunday there is a city-wide wander – from Pyrmont in the west, east to Macquarie Street, south as far as Broadway and north to the flat expanse of Barangaroo.
Have a look at sandstone wonders the 1920 flatiron-style Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney, or the ornate, colonial faux-italiante Department of Education and Chief Secretary’s Buildings. Radio 2SER's newish studios are open, as is the environmentally-friendly workplace6 which also happens to house Google's Australian headquarters. The stunningly staircased National Mutual Building, antenna-capped AWA Building and some looming Martin Place banks round out the twentieth-century offerings. There's a look at the site-to-be of Sydney's Central Park and the mysterious Judge's House behind the George Street Cinemas. So get the map, get nosy and get a look behind the curtain.
Image by Jason7825.
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