Haymarket, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure which has been installed to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. It stands along George Street, at the end of Campbell Street, beside the Capitol Square Hotel.

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Pyrmont, marina

The entrance to Wharf 9 Marina from the boardwalk alongside Wharf 9/10 of Sydney Wharf, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont.
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Sydney Olympic Park, Athletic Centre

 
The entrance to the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. It was built for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
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Saint Mary McKillop Reserve

A decorative entrance to Saint Mary McKillop Reserve, located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Berna Street and beside the Cooks River, in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross in 2010. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint.
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Chinatown, gate (Theme Day: Virtue)

 

This gateway is located at the northern end of the Dixon Street pedestrian mall in Chinatown in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure is known as a paifang or pailou. The arch features the words "Understand Virtue and Trust".

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Chinatown, Lunar New Year, Rabbit

 
These two giant Rabbit Lanterns are located along the Dixon Street pedestrian mall, at the corner of Little Hay Street in Chinatown in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. They have been installed to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. Standing in front of a contemporary arch or gate structure, they were created by artists Yuxiao Wang and Meilun Gao. The pair of luminous rabbits are decorated with translucent perspex strips that dispel colourful lights when illuminated.

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Pyrmont Bridge, gate

This is one of four gates on the Pyrmont Bridge, a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened to traffic in 1902. It was one of the largest spanning swing bridges in the world and one of the first to be powered by electricity. It was closed to traffic in the 1984 when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built but was restored and reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. The swing bridge opens for tall ships and yachts and the gates keep pedestrians back from the opening. This view features the Sydney Convention Centre, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour Hotel, Star of the Show Ferris Wheel and the Harbourside shopping centre.

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Pyrmont Bridge, gate

This is one of four gates on the Pyrmont Bridge, a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened to traffic in 1902. It was one of the largest spanning swing bridges in the world and one of the first to be powered by electricity. It was closed to traffic in the 1984 when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built but was restored and reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. The swing bridge opens for tall ships and yachts and the gates keep pedestrians back from the opening. This view features the Sydney Convention Centre, Star of the Show Ferris Wheel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour Hotel and the Harbourside shopping centre.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saint Mary McKillop Reserve

Saint Mary McKillop Reserve is located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Berna Street and beside the Cooks River, in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. This decorative entrance features a cross in the centre. Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross in 2010. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Stanmore, park

The pergola entrance to Stanmore Reserve, located along Douglas Street, in the inner west suburb of Stanmore. The columns have been painted in bold colours to match the nearby library.

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Auburn, Botanic Gardens, Torii Gate

This Torii Gate is located in the Japanese Gardens section of the Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. A torii (literally bird abode) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.

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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.

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Customs House, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been installed in Customs Square, in front of Customs House, to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival.

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

Queen Victoria Building, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been installed outside the Druitt Street entrance of the Queen Victoria Building to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival.

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Chippendale, pub and gate

The Clare Hotel and the former entrance of the Carlton and United Brewery are located along Broadway, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. The heritage listed Hotel Clare was built in 1941 in the Inter-War Functionalist style on the corner of Broadway and Kensington Street. It has also been known as the Kegroom Tavern, County Clare Inn and County Clare Hotel over the years. The Old Clare Hotel is a boutique hotel which stretches across the pub and the former Carlton & United Breweries Administration Building. The heritage listed gate of the former Kent Brewery, later Tooth's Brewery and then Carlton Brewery, stands next to the pub leading to Carlton Street. It still bears the logo and trademark of brewer Tooth and Co, Invicta the rampant stallion. 

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

Carss Park Cottage, pergola

This pergola is at the entrance to Carss Park Cottage, a sandstone cottage built in 1860 by William Carss. It is now a museum which sits in the middle of Carss Bush Park, in the southern suburb of Carss Park. The cottage and recreational area overlook Kogarah Bay and the Carss Park Tidal Baths.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, Wednesday Around The World, Wonderful Wednesday, All Seasons.

St Mary's Cathedral, The Lights of Christmas

"The Lights of Christmas" was a light projection show on the façade of St Mary's Cathedral, on every night from 6th December until Christmas night 25th December. This is part of an animated sequence which showed images from the nearby Botanic Gardens and the concrete jungle of the city.

Linked to: InSPIREd Sunday, Sundays In My City

Sydney Opera House, fence

The Sydney Opera House viewed from behind the gates at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on the western side of Circular Quay.

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Darlington, Memorial Gates

The Darlington Memorial Gates are located along Maze Crescent, at the The Old School which is part of the University of Sydney campus, in the inner city suburb of Darlington. They were originally the gates for Darlington Public School, designed by George Allan Mansfield and built in 1878 in the Gothic Revival architectural style. The building was transferred to the university in 1975 and renovated in 1978 for use by the Department of Music and as a theatre workshop.

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Camperdown, University of Sydney, gates

These gates are located on the corner of City Road and Parramatta Road, beside the Gardener’s Lodge Cafe on the grounds of Victoria Park, in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. The Gardener’s Lodge was designed by James Barnet and built in 1885 in the Victorian Gothic Revival architectural style. The gates provided a grand main entrance to the University of Sydney and the lodge was the former home of the university's groundskeeper, who tended the sweeping lawns and gardens surrounding the campus.The sign advertises the cafe which has operated in the adjoining restored building since 2012. The Institute Cervantes building is located across City Road.

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