Thursday 17 November 2011

Haymarket, Sydney Entertainment Centre, sign

The Sydney Entertainment Centre is located on Harbour Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It was opened in 1983 on the former site of the former Fruit and Vegetable Markets, which were part of Paddy’s Markets. It is one of Sydney's larger concert venues, which can accommodate over 13,000 people. Although this entertainment centre is less than thirty years old, there are plans to demolish it and replace it with a new convention centre. 

26 comments:

  1. Jim, I have enjoyed catching up with the photos on your blog that I have missed since being away for 6/7 weeks. Excellent shots and interesting commentary. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes, Rae

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  2. We had exactly the same situation here in Perth Jim, our Entertainment Centre which actually looks a lot like your picture and about the same age was knocked down and the new one is almost finished. Like you I wasn't sure what the problem with the old one was!! btw catching up with your posts from while I was in Sydney can't believe I was walking past that wall on Monday, we might have passed each other haha! The sunset over The Anzac Bridge is beyond stunning, brilliant image!

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  3. I like architecture that combines linear and circular...makes for more interest. Excellent photo...I thought that tearing down older buildings was only happening in this country...I was very wrong it's happening globally!

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  4. My father used to tell me yarns of when he used to go twice a week in the wee small hours, to the old F&V market on this site. He went with his best mate in an old red Beford tray-top truck immediately post-WW2.

    I used to go regularly to the basketball at this venue to watch the Sydney Kings get walloped. It really is a dog of a venue!

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  5. Hello, nice photos, greetings from Igoumenitsa Hellas (Greece)!

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  6. I like that strong lopsided vertical of the sign, Jim. good shot!

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  7. You never fail to entertain us with your entertainment centers. So much beauty to enjoy in your part of the world.

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  8. It looks like an interesting building - but perhaps it is riddled with problems?

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  9. Not my favourite building , hope the next is better..

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  10. Thanks. I knew about Jo but for some reason can't comment on or follow her blog. Could be something to do with the software in this place. Keep getting messages from Blogger that it doesn't support the old software this place uses. I won't be sorry to see that place go, has no ambience whatsoever.

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  11. Hey Jim! I've just had my monthly "fix" of Sydney through your eyes, don't stop anytime soon will you! ;-)

    Thanks for the intro to the new Aus blogs too.

    Cheers,
    Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia

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  12. I lived in Sydney when the EC was built, never really liked it much but it serves a good purpose. I always preferred to see bands at the Hordern Pavilion.
    Thanks for the tip about the new bloggers. Wish some more regional bloggers would appear.

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  13. HHHMMMmmm... the sign doesn't look quite big enough for a building so large!!

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  14. Ann, I had the same problems at work because we have an older version of Internet Explorer. I downloaded a new browser and that seems to have solved the problems. It just depends on whether your work firewall will let you download a new browser.

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  15. Very nicely illustrated. I like the blue diagonal as part of the design.

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  16. This place used to be my next door neighbour. I was a little worried that whatever they rebuild might steal some of the wonderful view I had from the apartment. In the end it didn't matter because we sold out before they demolished.

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  17. That's an eye-catching sign! One that you can see from far away!

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  18. I like the angle of the sign ... it seems to fit the building. Not for long though, huh?

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