Monday, 23 August 2010

Millers Point, ablutions block

This heritage sandstone building located on the corner of Towns Place and Hickson Road at Millers Point houses a cafe. Back in the 1850s and 1860s this area around Walsh Bay was the site of Captain Robert Towns’s whaling and trading empire. This building was used as an ablutions block, where wharf labourers could clean up after their day's work.
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13 comments:

  1. Luis GomezMonday, 23 August 2010 at 00:10:00 GMT+10

    Great building!

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  2. Stefan JanssonMonday, 23 August 2010 at 00:59:00 GMT+10

    Nice to see that the building is still around and used as a cafe today.

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 23 August 2010 at 01:58:00 GMT+10

    It is good politics letting old buildings survive and be used ;-)

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  4. TracyMonday, 23 August 2010 at 02:33:00 GMT+10

    I love the contrast of the old and the new. Great picture

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  5. giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•.Monday, 23 August 2010 at 06:36:00 GMT+10

    Hi J Bar
    questo edificio si distacca molto da ciò che lo circonda...
    penso a quelle povere balene !
    Spero che presto questo genocidio odierno invece, da parte dei giapponesi finisca presto !
    Foto interessante che fà riflettere :-)
    Buona giornata.

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  6. JulieMonday, 23 August 2010 at 07:14:00 GMT+10

    That is a lovely little French cafe in there. I munch there when I go to a performance of the Sydney Theatre Company at the nearby theatre complex. I did not know the history of it.

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  7. AnonymousMonday, 23 August 2010 at 08:53:00 GMT+10

    Two different kinds of speed. Please have a good start into the new week.

    daily athens

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  8. AnnMonday, 23 August 2010 at 10:22:00 GMT+10

    I wondered whether it was the one Julie mentioned - looks different without people and tables. I had lunch there when I went to STC as well - good little cafe, had no idea of its history.

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  9. PeterMonday, 23 August 2010 at 10:30:00 GMT+10

    certainly made good use of this place - never been down that area - must visit

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  10. AnnMonday, 23 August 2010 at 12:02:00 GMT+10

    Sausage sizzle? Which booth did you go to? I went to Athelstane at lunchtime and there was absolutely nothing going on, which didn't surprise me in the middle of Ramadan. Haven't seen a sausage sizzle there in years.

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  11. JimMonday, 23 August 2010 at 12:10:00 GMT+10

    Really? I voted at Athelstane too and was surprised that so many people were having a sausage sizzle so early in the morning. It was outside the school hall and they also had a cake stall. I couldn't resist a chocolate cupcake. They must have sold out by lunchtime.

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  12. JayneMonday, 23 August 2010 at 17:22:00 GMT+10

    Love the sturdy look of sandstone, and so nice to see the building being recycled instead of pulled down :)

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  13. Julie@beingRUBYMonday, 23 August 2010 at 17:47:00 GMT+10

    Hi J Bar
    Sydneysider here too... I haven't seen this garden as yet.. but good to know not all from that show were ripped out..

    Great humour with the traffic signs.. Have a great week .. Julie

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