Macquarie Street, Sydney

Macquarie Street, Sydney

Macquarie Street is the easternmost street of Sydney's central business district. Macquarie Street extends from Hyde Park at its southern end to the Sydney Opera House at its north.

Macquarie Street is named after Lachlan Macquarie, an early Governor of New South Wales (1810-1821), and was designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare. [Munro, C. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/forever-elegant-on-the-street-lachlan-built/2007/09/14/1189276983725.html "Forever elegant on the street Lachlan built."] Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2007] Macquarie initiated the construction of Sydney's first public buildings of any real permanence and set the boundaries of Sydney's grid of streets. It became the colony's preeminent residential address.

Macquarie Street is the location of Sydney Hospital, the Hyde Park Barracks and St. James Church, which were all Macquarie projects.

Macquarie Street was widely known as the Harley Street of Sydney from the late 19th century until recent decades. The [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=1832 Royal Australian College of Physicians Building] at 145 Macquarie Street was the Georgian residence of John Fairfax until 1848. The British Medical Association's 1920s [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=1831 BMA House] at 135-137 Macquarie St still houses medical chambers and lecture hall.

Today, Macquarie Street is also the location of Parliament House, the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Mint and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Part of the street is adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, which is the location of Government House and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

At the northern end of Macquarie Street is a group of buildings including an apartment block known as "The Toaster Building". "Arguably the most universally disliked development in decades" [http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_272.asp] [http://www.abc.net.au/arts/architecture/ep_trn2.htm] [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/czone/stories/s693219.htm] it also includes offices, restaurants, a hotel and cinema.

Between 61 Macquarie Street the heritage sandstone [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=2359 Moore Stairs] (1868) lead down to East Circular Quay.

External links

* [http://whereis.com.au/whereis/mapping/renderMapAddress.do?name=&streetNumber=&street=Macquarie%20Street&streetType=&suburb=Sydney&state=New%20South%20Wales&latitude=-33.86398&longitude=151.21279&navId=$0100208IA21B9$&brandId=1&requiredZoomLevel=1 Whereis Online - Macquarie St, Sydney]

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