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    Pyrmont-Ultimo's Change Historically in Terms of Its Communities and Redevelopments The proposal of the Pyrmont Point project, between the Council of the City of Sydney and the Land Commission of New South Wales, 1981, describes the Pyrmont-ultimo peninsula as, '…a quality residential development on the last significant headland in Sydney Harbour'. This belief was a realisation by many in the late 20th Century and was reinforced by the actions of local government

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    Transformation Plan

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    precinct was trading in overall period of time. As the trade increase in the precinct large industries such as detergents factory, timber mill were founded at White bay. The first bridge in the precinct was built in 1862 connecting Glebe Island and Pyrmont. Wentworth Park was created filling the land of Blackwattle Swamp and Creek in 1876. The White bay power plant is one of the significant structure in the precinct which was constructed in 1913 which powered Sydney’s vital train and tram network.

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    Pyrmont Action Plan

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    Research Action Plan By Emma Brading PART A: Pyrmont is a bustling neighborhood with great restaurants, cafes, parks and beautiful gardens. The local government area is located in the City of Sydney and is an important part of the Darling Harbour region. Housing in Pyrmont is identified by high-density apartments, industrial high-rise buildings, affordable housing and heritage cottages. Pyrmont has a “land area of 27km per hectare” (City Of Sydney, 2014) with approximately 124 people living per

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    A) Pyrmont is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 2 kilometers south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is located near darling harbor Pyrmont has changed dramatically in the last few years with it growing in the past 30 years, with the population climbing from a low of 1590 in 1981 to almost 14,000 in 2004 and changing all the time with the casino coming in which is being constructed by James

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    explore the changes that have previously or will be occurring within the Pyrmont and Barangaroo areas. Urban decline is the quality of a built environment as it deteriorates. Urban infrastructure falls into a state of disrepair and buildings are left empty for long periods of time. Urban consolidation is when a population density increases in a suburb by utilising air space by building upwards. The suburbs of Barangaroo and Pyrmont are more heavily impacted by urban renewal as the land uses have dramatically

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    suburb of Pyrmont. The suburb of Pyrmont on the shores of Sydney Harbour has been transformed by the processes of urban renewal into a thriving cosmopolitan residential area, an efficient and sophisticated business centre, and a popular recreational and tourist hub. Through my own observation of the Pyrmont area, I have seen how the painstaking urban planning efforts for the area have come to fruition, and a focal point of the Harbour foreshore created as a result of this. Pyrmont was established

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    In 1900, Pyrmont was an important port and industrial area, with a population of almost 30 000 people. There was a wide range of industries and services present including wharves, dockyards, warehouses, abattoirs, wool stores, railway yards and even an incinerator for the disposal of Sydney’s waste. It was deemed a working-class suburb with a predominantly Irish/Catholic population. As the income for Pyrmont was only modest, semi-detached cottages were the most common type of housing present.

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    Why Are We Named?

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    Why are we named? The answer to this question is ridiculously simple. We are named simply for the sake of identifying a unique individual by a specific word. Every language carries with it sentence structure and vocabulary. Every possible thing, descriptive, or idea is named in a language. When I speak of a mouse, I do not have to specify- “a little thing with whiskers, eyes, and a tail…” That would be almighty confusing, describing a fair few rodents. Rather, people have developed one sound for

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    Sydney is a world city that currently has urban dynamics operating in it. Sydney is located on the coast in the South-East quadrant of Australia. Urban Decay and Renewal is clearly evident in Pyrmont – Ultimo, a suburb located with in a kilometre from the CBD. Rhodes , further to the north west of Pyrmont, is also under going Urban Decay and Renewal. The silicon corridor is an area of places where companies have decided to suburbanise some of their office blocks due to the cheaper land. The corridor

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    Escher Museum (The Hague) This building was built in the late 18th century, somewhere around 1760. The architect of the palace, which is now used as a museum, is Pieter de Swart. He was a Dutch architect in the 18th century who, among other buildings, also designed Huis Huguetan in The Hague and the Delftse Poort in Rotterdam. The name of this building actually used to be Paleis Lange Voorhout, but since they started exhibiting Esher’s work, they now call it Escher in het Paleis or The Escher Museum

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