Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Prince Alfred Park, Oh Alfred!

Prince Alfred Park is a park in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills which is currently being reconstructed. A new children's playground, tennis and basketball courts have opened but the new swimming pool is still to be completed. The 'Oh Alfred! Reflections of Prince Alfred Park' was an art project that was part of the Art and About Sydney festival. The Surry Hills community of residents and school children worked with artists to turn the fences around the construction area into artwork.
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30 comments:

  1. Sylvia KTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 04:18:00 GMT+11

    Oh, Jim, your city does have fun, doesn't it! There is an energy/laughter that I feel in many of the posts from Australia. Maybe because it's such a young country in comparison with most of the the others. Whatever, I love it! I also love the Prince Alfred Park and, of course, more of your beautiful blue skies! Great post for the day as always! Enjoy your week!

    Sylvia

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  2. indicaspeciesTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 08:50:00 GMT+11

    Thank you for sharing Alfred Park. It's lovely to know about new places around the world. Have a lovely week Jim.

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  3. JayneTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 08:53:00 GMT+11

    Each time I see "Oh, Alfred" I immediately get the Aussie Crawl song "Oh, Errol" running through my head *snort*.
    Love the photos and the clever way of decorating the fences :)

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  4. LesleyTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 09:09:00 GMT+11

    Those fences are wonderful! So colourful.

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  5. AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 09:24:00 GMT+11

    your world is full of art. and i've been enjoying all these postings. have a lovely week.

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  6. LifeRamblingsTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 11:26:00 GMT+11

    i enjoy looking at these colourful fences, such talented artwork. have a wonderful week.

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  7. AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 11:32:00 GMT+11

    How very impressive a sight, using fences of a building site for art. Impressed ! Please have a good Tuesday.


    daily athens

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  8. Kay L. DaviesTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 12:12:00 GMT+11

    I was only in Sydney once, in 1982, for a few days. I enjoyed it very much, but didn't get the fun feel of it that shows in your blog. Thank you for giving me a completely different view of your city.

    Kay, Alberta, Canada

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  9. CarolTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 12:56:00 GMT+11

    Great shots of this creative art work! It is beautiful and colorful.

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  10. SandyCarlsonTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 12:58:00 GMT+11

    Looks like a fun art project. I like!

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  11. UnknownTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 12:58:00 GMT+11

    Nice. You always have these fantastic pics. Thanks.

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  12. KelliTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 13:22:00 GMT+11

    what a great way to cover up ugly temp fencing. I know this park too from when I used to live in Sydney.

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  13. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪Tuesday, 26 October 2010 at 15:19:00 GMT+11

    How long did they spend making this?

    What a pity they all have to coem down again.

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  14. JimTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 15:38:00 GMT+11

    Ann, they did spend quite a while putting all this together. I saw them on a couple of weekends, having a picnic and working on their artwork.

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  15. MarieTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 16:41:00 GMT+11

    Jim, lovely details from your city. Great post.

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  16. RandiTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 17:12:00 GMT+11

    I love the beautiful fences. Looks fun and colourful.

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  17. BraComTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 17:22:00 GMT+11

    Beautiful My World posting

    Have a nice week,
    Greetings, Bram

    My Word Tuesday post

    Seen on My World Tuesday

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  18. mapeh homepageTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 17:39:00 GMT+11

    Wow, amazing patterns and designs. They're very creative.

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  19. Hootin AnniTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 20:40:00 GMT+11

    Amazing....and I'm thankful you added the reason for the wonderful artwork display.


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  20. diane bTuesday, 26 October 2010 at 21:57:00 GMT+11

    What a great idea to turn the fences into artwork.

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  21. regWednesday, 27 October 2010 at 01:08:00 GMT+11

    That fence is amazing. I should do that with mine

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  22. CildemerWednesday, 27 October 2010 at 01:40:00 GMT+11

    Always interesting and nice pics here!
    Thanks for sharing;o)

    ***
    Happy Ruby Tuesday****

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  23. FranciscaWednesday, 27 October 2010 at 22:06:00 GMT+11

    This is so very cool... not only urban art, but community art. It's great of you to share your world with us, Jim.

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  24. Diane AZThursday, 28 October 2010 at 03:11:00 GMT+11

    How wonderful that the park is being reconstructed. Colorful and creative art project!

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  25. Jeannette StGThursday, 28 October 2010 at 08:25:00 GMT+11

    Wow, such a great idea!

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  26. Joan ElizabethThursday, 28 October 2010 at 21:57:00 GMT+11

    These are great.

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  27. UnknownFriday, 29 October 2010 at 03:18:00 GMT+11

    Really cool work!

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  28. AngieFriday, 29 October 2010 at 15:27:00 GMT+11

    Creative stuff, nice to see.

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  29. AnonymousWednesday, 10 November 2010 at 10:01:00 GMT+11

    I love these kind of projects.

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  30. Corner Gardener SueFriday, 19 November 2010 at 10:53:00 GMT+11

    Hi Jim,
    I just had a delightful time scrolling down looking at all of your photos.

    I'm glad when you stop by my SkyWatch posts so I can go see what you've been up to.

    Have a great weekend!

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