Pyrmont, Union Square

Looking across Union Square, on the corner of Harris Street and Miller Street, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This is an old photo from 2015 because the former Commonwealth Bank branch here has since closed. The Pyrmont and Ultimo Great War Memorial was unveiled in 1922. It is a four-sided monument made of trachyte on a base of sandstone and is topped with a bronze statue of a female figure representing 'peace'.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Mascot, bank

The former National Bank of Australasia on the corner of Botany Road and Coward Street, in the eastern suburb of Mascot. It is now home to law firm Pryor Tzannes & Wallis Solicitors & Notaries.

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Waverley, bank

The former Commonwealth Bank is on the corner of Bronte Road and Albion Streets in the eastern suburb of Waverley. It was built in 1921 in the art deco style for the Government Savings Bank which merged with the Commonwealth Bank in 1931. After this branch closed, the building became a bottle shop in 2022.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

King Street Wharf, Sydney skyline

 
Looking across Darling Harbour to King Street Wharf and the Sydney skyline. The prominent buildings seen here are Westpac Place, Macquarie Bank, icare NSW and Sydney Tower.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Hurstville, bank

This former branch of the State Bank is located on the corner of Forest Road and Treacy Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. It is now home to Vinnies, a St Vincent De Paul Society op shop. In Australia, an opportunity shop is what might otherwise be known as a thrift shop or charity shop. The bank was started as the Rural Bank of New South Wales in 1933 was started life in 1933 as the Rural Bank of NSW until 1982 when its name was changed to the State Bank of New South Wales. In 1994 it was sold to Colonial. The Colonial State Bank carried on until 2000, when it was taken over by the Commonwealth Bank.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Strathfield, Holyrood

Holyrood is a heritage listed house on the corner of The Boulevarde and Jersey Road, in the inner west suburb of Strathfield. It was built by steel industrialist Charles Hoskins as "Illyria" in c.1890 but was renamed "Holyrood" in 1911 by W. J. Adams. The elaborate stone façade in the Baroque style came from the original City Bank building in Pitt Street, designed by George Allen Mansfield of Mansfield Brothers, which was gutted by a fire in 1890. The stonework was dismantled and transported in sections here. A Victorian Italianate style building stands behind the façade which after 1936 became part of Catholic private school Santa Sabina College.

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Brighton-Le-Sands, bank

 

The former Commonwealth Bank is located along Bay Street, in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands. It was built in the art deco style and now houses a Thai restaurant and office space on the first floor. A view of the bank before it was redeveloped can be see here.
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Pyrmont, bank

 
This former bank building is located on the corner of Union Street and Patermoster Row, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This heritage listed building was built in 1881 in the Victorian Style as a branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, which operated from 1852 to 1910. It is now home to a Cosmetic Clinic.

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Kogarah, pub

 The Bank Tavern is on the corner of Belgrave Street and Post Office Lane in the southern suburb of Kogarah. It was built in the 1890s in the Victorian Italianate style as a branch of the Commonwealth Bank. When the bank relocated to a new branch in the 1980s it was redeveloped into Red Martins Nightclub before becoming a pub.

Linked to: Signs, Signs.

Commonwealth Bank, sculpture

 
This bas-relief sculpture is on the facade of the heritage listed Commonwealth Bank Building, bounded by George Street, Market Street and York Street. This aluminium panel by Lyndon Dadswell on the Market Street facade was installed in 1956, the same year that the building was completed. 

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Brighton-Le-Sands, bank

The former Commonwealth Bank, located along Bay Street in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands. This art deco style building has now been redeveloped into a restaurant but this photo was taken when it was still a bank.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday. 

Petersham, Commercial Bank Company

The former Commercial Bank is located on the corner of New Canterbury Road and Livingstone Road, in the inner west suburb of Petersham. This heritage listed building was built in the Inter-war Functionalist style in 1915 for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. In 1981, following the merger of the CBC Bank and National Bank, it became a National Australia Bank branch. It is now part of an apartment development.

Linked to: Signs, Signs.

Bank of New South Wales

The former Bank of New South Wales Head Office is located on the corner of George Street and Wynyard Street, beside the former Commercial Banking Company Head Office, opposite Martin Place. It was designed by Robertson & Marks and completed in 1932 in the Inter-War Commercial Palazzo style. The bank changed its name to Westpac Banking Corporation in 1982 following the acquisition of the Commercial Bank of Australia. The ground floor is still a bank branch today but the office space above now houses the head office of software development company Atlassian.

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Commercial Banking Company

The former Commercial Banking Company Head Office is located on the corner of George Street and Barrack Street, beside the former Bank of New South Wales Head Office, opposite Martin Place. It was designed by Kent & Massie and completed in 1925 in the Inter-War Commercial Palazzo style. The bank was acquired by the National Australia Bank in 1981 and later bank branches were consolidated so the ground floor became a Virgin Music Megastore and these days is a Burberry store.

Linked to: Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Souvenirs, Travel Tuesday.

Martin Place, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure which was installed in Martin Place, to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. Behind it, along George Street, are the former Commercial Banking Company Head Office now a Burberry store and the former Bank of New South Wales Head Office now a Westpac Bank branch.

Linked to: Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Souvenirs, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Ruby Tuesday.

George Street, shop

This heritage listed, three storey commercial building is located along George Street. It was built in 1858 in the Victorian Classical style and was originally part of a terrace of five buildings. It was previously used by the Bank of New South Wales, then the Gowings Department Store and is now the flagship Nike store.

Linked to: Signs, Signs.

Commonwealth Bank, sculpture

This sculpture is on the facade of the heritage listed Commonwealth Bank Building, bounded by George Street, Market Street and York Street. This sandstone panel by Gerald Lewers on the York Street facade was created in 1956, the same year that the building was completed. It symbolises the Federation of Australia's six states, with state symbols which also appear in the Australian coat of arms: Western Australia - black swan, South Australia piping shrike, Victoria - Southern Cross, Tasmania - lion passant, New South Wales - St. George's cross and stars, Queensland - Maltese cross.

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

Barangaroo, Westpac Place

Reflections in the Westpac Place building, viewed from Napoleon Plaza. The subway entrance and lift lead to Wynyard railway station and the stairs lead up to Kent Street, near the corner of Napoleon Street.

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Balmain, Oddfellows Hall and Bank of NSW

The former Oddfellows Hall and former Bank of New South Wales are located along Darling Street, near the corner of Jane Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain. The hall was built in 1864 for the the Loyal Balmain Lodge of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a friendly society who owned and used the building from its construction until 1975. The bank was built in 1874 in the Victorian Free Classical style as the first suburban branch of the Bank of NSW and was continuously occupied by it or the Savings Bank of NSW between 1875 and 1914.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Over the Moon.

Darlinghurst, Taylor Square, rainbow crossing

This "Rainbow Crossing" is on the corner of Bourke Street and Campbell Street at Taylor Square, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The crossing was installed for this year's Sydney Mardi Gras coming up on Saturday night. The former Commercial Bank building, which is available for lease, stands behind it.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Fences Around The World, Thursday Doors.