The amazing hoverchair

http://www.hoverit.co.uk/

The Ivy, Sydney

 
Another visit to The Ivy. Last night it was raining hard and the open courtyard makes the glamorous staircase a death trap. Moving between floors is going to be an issue for The Ivy patrons and I predict that there will be a constant queue on the staircase, this is not helped by some very [...]

Time Out Sydney

 
Please visit Time Out Sydney for the best editorial content in the city.
The best breakfasts, best roof bars, top 50 restaurants…and an awful lot more. The website goes into a lot of detail.
http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/
I shall remind you every day…

Dictionary of Sydney

What is the Dictionary of Sydney?

If it happened in Sydney, it belongs in the Dictionary
The Dictionary will represent Sydney’s story online as one of the windows into the permanent historical digital repository we are building. The Dictionary website will be a forum for public discussion and controversy, an aide to teaching and learning, and a [...]

Old Sydney Burial Ground

From the City of Sydney website…
  
Archaeological Works Underway
Recent archaeological investigations associated with the Sydney Town Hall upgrade have uncovered evidence of the Old Sydney Burial Ground that was formerly on the site. The cemetery was in use from 1792 to 1820, but was exhumed in 1869 to make way for the Sydney Town Hall.
A Public Open [...]

Sydney Opera House – original model

 
Photo Journal: Long-Lost Model of Sydney Opera House Found and Rebuilt
It was like a crystal palace … and it took on that sort of legend. A long-lost acrylic architectural model of the Sydney Opera House has been found and reconstructed, after languishing in storage crates for three decades. The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald reported on the [...]

Sydney – history of street names

  
A Guide to Sydney City Street Names
The history of street names in the old city core of Sydney is fantastically complicated. While careful mid-nineteenth century plans of Melbourne and Adelaide resulted in a reasonably stable street layout and street naming, Sydney’s streets have been the subject of ongoing modifications, alterations and confusions. Many streets have [...]

Sydney history – The Month of February

1824
11 February
St James’ Church, Sydney, designed by Francis Greenway, is consecrated by the Rev. Samuel Marsden.

St James Church, 1969 (City of Sydney Archives, CRS 871/55)
1854
25 February
T. S. Mort begins building a dry dock (Mort’s Dock) at Balmain, Sydney. Mort’s Dock is completed in 1855.
1875
9 February
John Robertson replaces Henry Parkes as Premier of NSW.
1892
10 – 12 [...]

Sydney – architecture walks

 
www.sydneyarchitecture.org
The Sydney Architecture Walks {SAW} explore ideas through architecture, offering an interface between in-depth architectural knowledge and the wider design-conscious community. Each route is driven by certain themes and ideas and attempts to decode the city whilst stimulating new ways of thinking about and seeing Sydney.

SAW 1 – Sydney

Moving from the broad to the particular, [...]

Sydney – sculptures around the city

 
You don’t need to visit a museum or art gallery to see the best of Sydney’s sculpture. It’s on the street and it’s free
All the world may well be a stage according to Shakespeare, but in Sydney, all the city is a sculpture museum. The biggest and best known outdoor sculpture event is the annual [...]