I have long found the Dental Hospital -- on Chalmers St, next to Central Station -- to be an intriguing building. I have to look at it every time I pass it on the train. It was built in a sliver of land. And it's so narrow, it reminds me of a giant tooth! Apt. It has been up a surprisingly long time, and has an interesting history. Below is a video I took recently that includes some of the buildings surrounding it.
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Sydney doesn't seem to be as much of a hub for street art as Perth is these days. But there are some striking works around the city. Take this piece in Douglas St Stanmore, right opposite the library there, just metres from the train station. It's called "Descent of the Cosmic Serpent", by Robin Martin. Please check out the video of it I captured a few months ago. If you've been to Leichhardt in Sydney's Inner West, you should check out the Italian Forum on Norton St. It's a really unique and charming place. Sadly, it doesn't seem to get much business these days. I have no idea why this is. Maybe it's got something to do with changing demographics or something. It's got two main sections to it. Up above there are many units. And down below there are various specialty stores including restaurants, medical practitioners, and an acting college. There's even a great little library tucked away in the corner (check out the video below). The most impressive aspects of the building are at the end of the corridor running off the street shown above. Quite amazing what they've done with that space ... In the corner -- behind the red sign in the photo above -- there's a striking statue of the renowned pre-Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri surrounded by fountains. I'm often in there, at the library, I'm always struck at how few people are there. It makes me wonder how the tenants actually manage to make a profit, or just break even! It's a shame, because it really is one of the most remarkable locations in the Inner West. Please check out the video I made of it below. This is my first post to this blog. Thought I should perhaps write a little intro to it. But I figured that's kind of redundant really. Best to just start posting ... So here goes: It's been extremely cold of late. But thankfully, recently at least, the skies have been quite clear. Circular Quay is a great bustling place to be on days like this. And a few days ago it was graced with the presence of a massive cruise liner, the Sun Princess. These behemoths dock there from time to time. It always amazes me how they even manage to navigate safely into position. It's a very tight fit. This becomes crystal clear if you cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge and look down at one of these massive boats. The deck is almost at the level of the bridge itself! Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the Sun Princess from this angle. However I did manage to get it fairly close up, from ground level. The photos above don't really give you a sense of the vessel's enormity. However the one below does help a little in this regard. Look at the boat that is moving along in its shadow, with the Opera House in the background. That's actually quite a big boat in its own right; it's certainly bigger than the iconic green and yellow ferries that cross the Sydney Harbour every hour of the day. Look at the passengers on the deck and you'll see what I mean. But next to the Sun Princess it looks very small indeed. In the video below you'll see another vessel -- also pretty large, with lots of passengers on deck -- move towards the shadow cast by the Sun Princess. It, too, gives a pretty good sense of the luxury liner's size. |
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