Friday 22 January 2010

Chifley Tower

Chifley Tower is located at 2 Chifley Square, bounded by Hunter, Phillip and Bent Streets. It contains an office tower and the Chifley Plaza retail area. Chifley Tower built in 1992, is the second tallest skyscraper in Sydney, at 241 metres when measured to the top of its spire. Forty One Restaurant located on level 41 and 185m above street level, provides spectacular views of the city and Sydney Harbour. The square and tower are named after Ben Chifley, a former Prime Minister of Australia.

79 comments:

  1. That is a spectacular tower. Fantastic architecture and design.

    I like that you contrasted the very traditional and mainstream church with the "controversial" one occupied by the Scientologists. They certainly garner controversy all over the world. News reports have them sending a plane to Haiti to bring supplies and counselors. Great. Just what the poor, suffering Haitians needs in this sad devastation.

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  2. Really great aspect and angle of the shot.

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  3. Very tall building and I love the clear blue sky too. Happy weekend!

    SkyWatchFriday~Sunset

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  4. Great shot and what a clear blue sky;-)
    Have a nice evening!

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  5. Gorgeous shot, and this wide angle effect. I like contrasts too.
    Have a nice weekend.

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  6. spectacular. the beautiful clear blue sky above it is just great... very nice tall building, not to mention some great shopping at the bottm level lol

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  7. I love shots of buildings on great days!

    Thanks for stopping by My Field of Vision.

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  8. A spectacular tower indeed! Marvelous composition, beautiful capture! Love those blue skies! Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  9. Wonderful perspective on the tower. Great shot!

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  10. Quite the landmark well captured.

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  11. I like the reflections of the building in the windows of the other building.

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  12. Wow, amazing building!! Have a nice weekend!

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  13. AKO, thanks for pointing out that reflection in the other building. I remember making a point of capturing it in the shot when I took the photo but had since forgotten about it.

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  14. Wow I love the angle on this pic, well done as always.

    All the best
    GuyRegina In Pictures

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  15. Love the angle and the brilliant blue sky!!

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  16. Wow! Fantastic image and a wonderful deep blue sky. Super nice.

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  17. Lovely shot (all your shots are lovely) and good info. Thank you for sharing.

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  18. You did a great job shooting the tower and what a beautiful blue sky behind it.

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  19. What a wonder perspective! It reaches way into the sky. Wow!! ~karen

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  20. Wonderful angle in the shot..seems like it will go on forever!What a view it must be from the top of the tower!

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  21. Wow, stylish and large building wonderful Skywatch contributions

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  22. Great shot of a beautiful tower.
    I like the little piece of reflection in the building on the left too.

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  23. Beautiful shot,I like how the blue sky is reflected into some of the windows.

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  24. Great shot! I always love pictures that show off the height of skyscrapers and I also love how the building goes perfectly with the sky in this one :o)

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  25. Wow, you really make me want to come back to Sydney again.

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  26. Nice building. Your a great tour guide for your city.

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  27. Spectacular piece of architecture. And I'm so envious of your blue sky.

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  28. I do continue to dream about living as a window cleaner ;)

    Please have a nice Friday.

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  29. a fab perspective of this beautiful building. it's a WOW.

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  30. Wow - what an awesome shot. Great angle - love it.

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  31. A pretty amazing building to a country girl. Spectacular against the blue of the sky.

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  32. Great skyscraper with a beautiful clear sky. Love it.

    Thanks for visiting my SWF earlier.

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  33. I am getting dizzy just looking at it! Nice perspective.

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  34. Wow, magnifico Jbar, am rendered speechless with its beauty and with your great photography.

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  35. Great shot of the tower! I hope someday i can have the chance to visti this place and of course dine at the 41. :)

    Thank you for the visit. Happy Weekend!

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  36. Spectacular angel! And a beautiful shot!

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  37. I like the angle you have on the tower. I've taken many shots of it but not that angle. How wide is your lens, 18?

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  38. I believe it's a 28mm wide angle lens.

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  39. Impressive photo of this magnificent building. I really like the angle of the picture, showing off the architecture and the blue sky.

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  40. OK then, so THIS is an example of interesting modern (relatively) architecture. A great capture too -- hard to get that kind of shot I should think. (NOt that I have too many skyscrapers around here to practice on).

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  41. My neck starts to hurt by looking up this high !

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  42. The tower is definitely reaching up to that fabulous blue sky.

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  43. that's an impressive tower. nice capture too! Have a good weekend!

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  44. Such great architecture! I even see the blue reflections from the sky.

    P.S. Thanks for ff my blog. I am also a subscriber of yours. G'day!

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  45. What an excellent blue sky shot!! Interestingly the building looks very 1920/1930's Art Deco style.
    have a great weekend!!
    Gena @ Thinking Aloud
    a photoblog
    South Africa

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  46. Fun view of the building for sky watch friday, have a great weekend.

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  47. That's a lovely building - and I do envy you that brilliant blue sky. My sky is currently white and it's raining heavily. Hope you have a good weekend,
    Janice.

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  48. Very tall building, which looks even taller from the angle you shot it at. Lovely sky.

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  49. Amazing view... the tower and the blue sky... love it!

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  50. that's a real tall skyscraper! i like the perspective because it looks so intimidating :)

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  51. What a cool picture! Beautiful building and awesome angle!

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  52. Great perspective. And must have been a good prime minister? I'm not sure we'll be seeing any 'Tony Blair' or 'Gordon Brown' skyscrapers in London!

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