Hyde Park, Hydeaway (Theme Day: Outdoor Cafe)

Hydeaway is a cafe located in the south western corner of Hyde Park, behind the main entrance of Museum Railway Station. The Hyde Park Cafe was previously located here. The Downing Centre is the heritage building behind it, diagonally across the Elizabeth Street and Liverpool Street intersection. Originally known as 'The Piazza', it was the site of Mark Foy's department store, now converted to a court complex.

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Hyde Park, Busby’s Bore Fountain

The Busby’s Bore Fountain is located in northwest corner of Hyde Park North. It was designed by John Byrom and installed in 1962 to commemorate the Busby Bore, a tunnel built to bring water from the Lachlan Swamp (now Busby's Pond in Centennial Park) to Hyde Park. John Busby, a mineral surveyor and civil engineer identified the Lachlan Swamp as a potential source of water for the city after completing a survey of existing and potential sources of water in 1825.
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Pullman Sydney Hyde Park

Pullman Sydney Hyde Park is a high rise hotel located along College Street, opposite Hyde Park. The facade of this hotel has been decorated with LGBTIQA+ colours for Sydney WorldPride 2023.

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Hyde Park, Olympic Memorial

 

The Olympic Memorial in Hyde Park was unveiled for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics near the Anzac War Memorial. This monument commemorates Olympians who lost their lives as a result of armed conflicts and also their Olympic achievements. The inscription reads: 

This plaque was dedicated by the New South Wales Government, the Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch), the Australian Olympic committee, the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and the City of Sydney to fallen Olympians and commemorates their Olympic lives. 

On 3 September 2000, surrounded by schoolchildren carrying the flags of all the nations about to compete in the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, people gathered here to honour those Olympic athletes who have died in war and to celebrate the cause of peace. This inaugural Service for Peace and the Remembrance of Fallen Olympians was a project of the New South Wales Government, the Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch), the Australian Olympic committee, the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and the City of Sydney.  One of the prime motives of the Olympic Games competition is to foster friendship and goodwill between nations.

War has forced the cancellation of three celebrations of the Olympic Games (1916, 1940 and 1944) and hundreds of Olympians have lost their lives as a result of armed conflict. The purpose of this Service, in a city anticipating an imminent Olympic Games, is to provide a reminder of the true spirit and the values of the Olympics.Essentially, this monument symbolises both a collective tribute to athletes who have become casualties in warfare,and enduring hope that the Olympic Games of 2000 will encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict.

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OTC House, sculpture

This sculpture is on the 14th floor balcony of OTC House, an office building on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bathurst Street. The view is of Hyde Park, leading to St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney Harbour and the North Shore in the distance.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Tower

Looking across Hyde Park to Sydney Tower at night, with the J.P.Morgan building on the right. 

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Pool of Reflection, lamp (Theme Day: White)

Looking past a lamp at the Pool of Reflection in Hyde Park South, in front of the Anzac War Memorial, towards Sydney Tower. The pool was built as a memorial to the Australian Imperial Force of World War 1.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Festival

The colourful entrance to the Festival Garden in Hyde Park for the Sydney Festival, an annual arts festival which has been held in January since 1977. The Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent can be seen just inside the entrance, with the spires of St Mary's Cathedral rising above in the background.

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Hyde Park, Pacific Power Building

Walking along the footpath in Hyde Park, looking past the palm trees to the Pacific Power Building, on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Park Street.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Tower

Looking across Hyde Park to Sydney Tower at dusk, with the J.P.Morgan building on the right. 

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Hyde Park Obelisk

The Hyde Park Obelisk is located on the western edge of Hyde Park, along Elizabeth Street. This view is from the park towards OTC House, an office building on the corner of Bathurst Street. This monument was unveiled in 1857 by Lord Mayor George Thornton and was originally used as a sewerage vent, so was jokingly referred to as Thorton's Scent Bottle. It is 22 metres high, including the 6.5 metre high square sandstone base and a filigreed bronze pyramid vent at the top. This obelisk was modelled on Cleopatra's Needle, on the banks of London's Thames River. The red, green and white banners feature Christmas decorations.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Tower

Looking across Hyde Park to Sydney Tower, with the Stockland and J.P.Morgan buildings on either side. 

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Hyde Park, Frazer Fountain

The Frazer fountain is a sandstone drinking fountain located at the College Street entrance of Hyde Park South. It is one of two Frazer drinking fountains donated to the city by John Frazer MLC, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist. They were designed by Thomas Sapsord in the Gothic architectural style, sculpted by Mittagong sculptor Lawrence Beveridge and installed in 1881. In 1934, the taps and drinking cups were replaced with a bubble fountain in keeping with changing attitudes towards health and hygiene and underwent restoration in 2016.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Festival, Karaoke Carousel

The Karaoke Carousel is one of the attractions in the Village Sideshow in Hyde Park. It is part of the Sydney Festival, a major arts festival which has run annually in January since it was established in 1977. Karaoke Carousel combines karaoke singing with one of Australia's grandest merry-go-rounds.

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Hyde Park, Sydney Festival

These shipping containers have been repurposed as sign posts for the Sydney Festival Village in Hyde Park. Sydney Festival is a major arts festival which has run in January since it was established in 1977. The Village Sideshow is a fun park filled with bizarre attractions such as the virtual reality Ghost Train, the Karaoke Carousel, the Village Pools, Glitterbox, Temple of Din pinball artworks and 10 Minute Dance Parties.

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Hyde Park, Archibald Fountain (Theme Day: Photo of the Year)

The Archibald Fountain is an art deco style fountain in Hyde Park, near College Street, designed by French artist Francois Sicard and unveiled on 14 March 1932. The fountain is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin, a newspaper which later became a magazine that encouraged writers to write about Australia. Last year, marked the ten year anniversary of the first photo I posted on this blog which was also a photo of this fountain which can be seen here. I returned to the fountain to take more photos including the one I posted on the anniversary here and this photo posted today from the same angle as the original.

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Hyde Park Obelisk

The Hyde Park Obelisk is an obelisk located on the western edge of Hyde Park, at the junction of Elizabeth Street and Bathurst Street. This view is from the 14th floor balcony of OTC House, an office building across the road. This monument was unveiled in 1857 by the Lord Mayor, George Thornton and was originally used as a sewerage vent, so was jokingly referred to as Thorton's Scent Bottle. The monument is 22 metres high, including the 6.5 metre high square sandstone base and a filigreed bronze pyramid vent at the top. This obelisk was modelled on Cleopatra's Needle, on the banks of London's Thames River.

 Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sundays In My City.

OTC House, Sydney view

This view is from the 14th floor balcony of OTC House, an office building on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bathurst Street. Hyde Park is in the foreground leading to St Mary's Cathedral, Garden Island dockyard and the Wolloomooloo Finger Wharf, followed by Sydney Harbour and the North Shore in the background, with North Head and South Head in the distance.

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Hyde Park, Oddfellows Memorial

The Oddfellows Memorial is located in the south-west corner of Hyde Park North, on the corner of Elizabeth and Park Streets. The foundation was erected in memory of the members of the Oddfellows Society who enlisted in World War 1. The Oddfellows movement began in 18th century Britain as a social club, but was reorganised in 1810 into friendly societies, insurance and lending organisations. This memorial drinking fountain consisting of a pink granite and sandstone monolith obelisk set on a stepped sandstone base was created in 1921 by Samuel Lipson.

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Hyde Park, John Baptist Fountain

The John Baptist Fountain near Sandringham Gardens in Hyde Park along Park Street. It was originally located at the Baptist Gardens, which is now Redfern Park and contains another Baptist Fountain in Redfern. The site featured market gardens, a nursery and pleasure gardens which attracted visitors in the days before public parks. This fountain was installed there in the 1860s and later donated to the trustees of Hyde Park in 1888. It was removed during construction of the underground railway in 1920 but restored and returned in 2012 as a working fountain. I've captured it here on a day when it wasn't running.

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