Getting to know a city means getting to know its shortcuts. The back lane that cuts a corner, the arcade that connects one street with another, the pathways that extend below and above ground, avoiding the traffic at street level. How far can you get across the Sydney CBD without using the street? It’s all […]
Shops
All over the suburbs, newsagencies are changing. Many are closing down. In Croydon, at the end of the row of shops, another newsagency that I used to visit has gone out of business. First its doors were shut tight, papered over so there was no view of the empty interior. The facade still carried the […]
Think ‘Quadrangle’ and an image might come to mind of the University of Sydney and the Quadrangle which forms its nucleus: grand sandstone buildings, gargoyles, perfect lawns and the (replacement) talismanic jacaranda tree. Unless you frequently travel through Cammeraygal country, along Eastern Valley Way. In which case you might also think of the shopping […]
The Hunter Street entrance to the Hunter Connection shopping arcade is a canopy of mirrored tiles and neon lights, like the entrance to a 1980s nightclub. The mirror panels reflect the street and the people walking past, the angles and edges scrambling and distorting the scene below. Go under the mirrors and inside and you’ll […]