Oxford Street Sydney 1980s
Features sydneys golden gay mile oxford street and some of the bars.
Oxford street sydney 1980s. A spirited defense of my beloved oxford street. It may be a bit of a dump but its my dump and i love it. In 1987 the regent theatre sydneys grandest was still standing on george street vacant unused and squabbled over. Close to the cbd in particular the street is lined with numerous shops bars and nightclubsin recent years oxford street has garnered a reputation as sydneys.
372 oxford street london w1c 1jp. George street sydney 1987 989 photos by alex mattea. Unique id a 00028473 series central sydney heritage inventory photographs date between 1st january 1980 and 31st december 1989 date qualifier decade only format photograph print description corner of 21 oxford street and brisbane street. Oxford street is a major thoroughfare in sydney new south wales australia running from whitlam square on the south east corner of hyde park in the central business district cbd of sydney to bondi junction in the eastern suburbs.
And 89 shops along the 43km stretch from the city of sydney to bondi junction are vacant for lease or. I guess i was just elsewhere but i quite vividly recall walking into downstairs with friends and x were blasting away right there off the street in a packed bar. Oxford street landlords are today accepting 30 per cent of the rent they commanded in 2008. Also includes footage taken at the ship inn at circular quay and some of.
Includes interview with drag queen cindy pastel. Crispin dye bashed to death near oxford street sydney in december 1993 the former acdc manager had travelled down to sydney from queensland to see family for christmas when he went out in. 324 oxford st london w1c 1ja other stories. Selfridges london oxford street store 400 oxford st marylebone london w1a 1ab.
Unicorn hotel paddington still standing as are most all of the old oxford street pubs i dont know for how long or what variety of bands mightve been on here back in 1978. 55 59 oxford st london w1d 2eq. A picture taken today would show the regents replacement but also recall the scandalous black hole that occupied its site from its 1990 demolition until 2006. 415 419 oxford st london w1c 2pg.
View south easterly showing commercial buildings including anz bank clancys supermarket and commonwealth bank.