Monday 3 April 2017

The Rocks, Gloucester Street, mural

This mural has been painted on the wall of the Cahill Expressway, where it crosses Gloucester Street, at The Rocks. A description has been painted on the mural: Gloucester Street looking towards the city from this point, 1901. Gloucester Street had been created in 1810. It formalised a track that skirted around houses built on the rocky ridge between here and Cumberland Street. The Cahill Expressway cut Gloucester Street in half in 1956-57. 

15 comments:

  1. Looking forward to seeing it when I'm over next week Jim ..

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  2. That is so good it appears you could just keep walking and step back in time.

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  3. I love this mural - interesting to see how the place would have looked in the past.
    Liz

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  4. Nice black and white mural, it certainly takes us back to the old days...

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  5. It pulls you into the image, great depth painting.

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  6. If it is a bit dark you are glad that there are poles in the street otherwise you could turn into the wall. Great one.

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  7. I love murals like this, taking us back in time!

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  8. Fine looking mural, especially in b&w as it gives it a sense of an earlier time. Looks almost like one could walk right into it.

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  9. Beautiful work. Lovely style.
    And it looks like that road in foreground goes right into the picture, taking the viewer into the past.

    Great find, Jim. :)

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