Thursday 24 November 2011

Dawes Point, Harbour View Hotel

The Harbour View Hotel is located on the corner of Cumberland Street and Lower Fort Street at Dawes Point. The original Harbour View was demolished to make way for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The pylon of the bridge now stands where the Harbour View Hotel previously stood. This hotel was constructed in 1924 and became a convenient watering hole for workers constructing the Harbour Bridge. The building was heritage listed and restored in 2001 with attention to its art deco style.

22 comments:

  1. One of my favourite movies used this pub as the setting, 'Starstruck' 1982.
    A classic Sydney experience to have a cold schooner here, wish the Tooth's K B Lager was still on tap!

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    1. Hi mark, your post is a little old but I'll answer anyway, this is a beautiful old pub & the movie "starstruck" was one of my favorites as a young girl, the stand out being its great aussie music, man i miss those days.

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  2. It's a lovely hotel and photo. Nice to see another part of the world.

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  3. Excellent photo! Enjoying visiting Sydney via your photos!

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  4. It is a lovely hotel; I am planning to go there this is the one of favorite hotel of mine. Nice to see Harbour View Hotel photo

    Thanks
    Angline eve

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  5. I love all these old buildings, (well old for Sydney)

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  6. Nice building, and looking out of the window to see the Sydney harbor would be fabulous!

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  7. What wonderful place to arrive to, must be a bit like escaping time. Please have a good Thursday.

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  8. Love the art deco style --sounds like a great watering hole.

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  9. It's quite lovely - I imagine the view is too!

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  10. How funny people name their buildings and roads, the road next to me is called Harbour View. It faces the beach,

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  11. I like these corner properties you often show us.

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  12. Ann, in this case the Harbour View Hotel did have a view of Sydney Harbour.

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  13. Interesting how the hotel sign is worked into the artwork of the facade! Delightful!

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  14. Great shot, Jim! Love that pub and feel like a coldie now after an exhausting day at a conference!

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  15. Looks so different from what I remember it! Must visit again.

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  16. That would have been a prime spot for the original Harbour View Hotel hey Jim, right on the river.

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  17. It's a very classy looking hotel and that sign adds the finishing touch!

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