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Sydney
Architecture Images- Central Business District Dymocks Building (The Block) |
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George Street |
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1926-32 |
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Inter-War Commercial Palazzo |
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steel frame |
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type |
Shop |
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The Block was built by the Dymock’s firm in 1926-32 following the demolition of the Royal Hotel and shopping arcade. The enclosed shopping promenade above Dymocks retains terrazzo floors, silky oak shopfronts, and leadlights in the shop windows. It is a hidden gem of Sydney retailing.(it has been recently modernised and lost some of its charm). |
 
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Site- 242 George Street, 1828- Royal Hotel. Currently The Block (Dymocks Building) |
Same view 10 years later- looking south down George Street from King Street. |
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| To the left, 240 George Street, current redevelopment site of Mid-City Centre. Note Dymock's at bottom right of Royal Hotel. | |
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| In 1926 the Forsyth family (descendents of WDymock) bought the site and put in plans for a tower. The old bldg was finally demolished to make way for the Block in 1932. | |