Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst offers an eclectic mix of old and new housing to suit its wide range of local inhabitants, from trendy young gay men to older more traditional residents, from punks to princesses. Once a poor area close to the city’s CBD, full of overcrowded terrace houses, it’s now become gradually gentrified, with upmarket apartment buildings like Harry Seidler’s 43-storey Horizon helping attract residents much wealthier than the usual population. More recent developments include Dominion,…
East Sydney
East Sydney is due east of the city CBD, and covers only a small area of land. Once home to a new generation of Italian migrants, it soon became known as ‘Little Italy’ primarily for its clutch of good Italian restaurants and cafes. Bill & Toni’s on Stanley Street is probably one of the most famous cheap ‘n’ cheerful Italian restaurants in Australia, with big helpings of every kind of pasta, all washed down with copious quantities of free cordial. Crown Street continues from Darlinghurst…
Elizabeth Bay
Elizabeth Bay is the harbourside suburb next to Potts Point, with many of the apartment buildings enjoying good views over the sparkling waters of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the bridge. The jewel in its crown is the historic Elizabeth Bay House, a Regency-style home designed by famed architect John Verge and built by the end of 1837. Close by is Boomerang, a private house in the Spanish Mission style built in 1927, which has been used for a number of Hollywood movies, including Mission…
Hyde Park
Hyde Park takes its name from London’s major park, but in Sydney it’s part of a chain of parkland that starts on the edge of the main city centre and extends all the way down to the harbour. Its magnificent fig trees provide plenty of shade for walking, and it’s also home to the war memorial. Along its edges are some of the best new apartment buildings in Australia. Prime among them is The Residence, the 87-apartment, 24-level College Street redevelopment of the old NSW Police HQ, which…
Potts Point
Potts Point is one of the most cosmopolitan and sophisticated areas of Sydney, with a lively nightclub scene centred on Kings Cross, a host of fabulous restaurants and cosy cafes, and a friendly social ambience. Just 3km east of the Sydney CBD, it is home to the city’s biggest concentration of good quality apartment blocks which sit cheek-by-jowl with Georgian mansions and Victorian terraces in tree-lined streets. Some of Australia’s earliest apartments were built here, and today the…
