Friday 3 August 2012

Sydney skyscrapers

These two Sydney skyscrapers are viewed from the walkway beside the Cahill Expressway, above Circular Quay railway station. The one on the left is 1 Bligh, a 29 storey office building completed in 2011. The one on the right is The Winter Garden, an office tower and retail complex.

33 comments:

  1. The Cahill, despite it's critics, provides great views north and south.
    Top shot Jim.

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  2. Yeah, the ones where I reckon they put 'the lid' on the wroong tower. Must take the lift to the garden at the top of One Bligh. CoS raves about it.

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  3. Yes, it is an area that I enjoy taking a walk. Not so many people most of the time and it is so close to the quay where the food is rather expensive hehe. I remembered fish and chips cost like 38 dollars per serving!!!

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  4. Julie, I've seen some great pics up there, but don't know if it's open to the general public.

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  5. Terrific looking buildings and another of your gorgeous BLUE skies make a perfect backdrop! Have a great weekend, Jim!

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  6. Blue on blue ... beautiful capture Jim.

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  7. Great skies. At first I wondered if the one building was still under construction. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  8. Gary, it's an unusual design. A lot people think that it looks unfinished.

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  9. Wintergarden I now as I used to work across the road and it has/had a good food hall. One Bligh I have only seem from the outside, really want to have a look inside but never get down there during the week.

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  10. Jim re the garden at One Bligh, keep your eyes open for Sydney Open in November, its just the sort of building that they open up. I'll be away this year so need someone to go on my behalf.

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  11. Beautiful shot, and that old clock tower attracts my attention.

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  12. Ann, thanks for the tip. I'll keep an eye out for it.

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  13. Very nice mixture of structures against a crystal blue sky. Nicely done.

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  14. Amazing, the perspective. How the towers dwarf the clock tower!

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  15. Beautiful shot! Have a great weekend!

    Shantana

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  16. Captured beautifully! Happy sky watching and a great weekend too.

    Your comment on my Sky Shot will be greatly appreciated.

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  17. Wow, impressive buildings, makes the clock in the foreground look so tiny. :)

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  18. I read news items about the sustainability features of 1 Bligh when it opened last year.

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  19. Cool looking skyscrapers. Great capture, have a wonderful weekend!

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  20. Very goodlooking skyscrapers. Have a good weekend.

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  21. Great skyscrapers, and your sky is blue as ever.
    Enjoy your weekend.

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  22. What a great shot! Love that spire amidst the concrete jungle.

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  23. Like JM, the first thing that drew my eye was the old church spire too. It would be excellent if you did manage to see the garden in One Bligh in Novemeber Jim.

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  24. Seeing Skyscrapers against a blue sky is always impressive!

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  25. Grace, that spire is actually on a government building, not a church.

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  26. Wow, yours look funkier than ours. We have 2 famous ones called the Shard and the gherkin. But most London skyscrapers are real blots on the landscape. And why the fuck they are even allowed to build under 100 stories I do not know. Seriously a 50-storey skyscraper is just an embarrassment. Considering London is in direct competition with New York for glamorousness and touristability... ukh!

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