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411: 205: 390:. It was originally known as Barracks Row as it began at the old Barracks parade ground. The southern end became home to many import and export companies, being attracted to the area by the markets established there in Macquarie's time. The northern end beyond Wynyard Square did not come into existence until 1848 when the land occupied by the Wynyard Barracks was resumed and subdivided. Half of this new section, along with Princes Street into which it ran, disappeared with the resumption of land for the 499: 61: 39: 924: 857: 812: 745: 700: 82: 68: 484:, a heritage-listed building located at 149 York, formerly the Gresham Hotel and Central Hotel, is situated on a prominent site on the corner of York and Druitt Streets forming part of the Town Hall streetscape. It is a five-storey building of Victorian Free Classical Style. 442:
and built to the 46 metres height limit of the day, it is a brick-faced building with projecting vertical ribs and parapet decoration in the form of a Pegasus in bass relief, the Pegasus being the company's
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as a five-storey warehouse (plus basement). Believed to have been designed by Herbert S.Thompson, the facade is a fine example of the Victorian Mannerist style.
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that is now a hotel. Designed by Morrow & Gordon and built by Kell & Rigby during the late 1920s, the Grace Building was opened in 1930 by
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Western Distributor & York St & Grosvenor St, New South Wales 2000 to 145 York St, Sydney NSW 2000
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at 2 York, on the corner with Margaret Street, was founded in 1882. The current building dates from 1929.
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streets. The southern terminus of York Street is at Druitt Street, adjacent to the
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was introduced along the full length of York Street.
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New South Wales

York Street, Sydney is located in Sydney
Coordinates
33°51′48″S 151°12′19″E / 33.863373°S 151.205364°E / -33.863373; 151.205364
33°52′22″S 151°12′23″E / 33.872783°S 151.206516°E / -33.872783; 151.206516
Grosvenor Street
Bradfield Highway
The Rocks, Sydney
King Street
Market Street
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Sydney central business district
New South Wales
Australia
Grosvenor Street
Bradfield Highway
Wynyard railway station
King
Market
Sydney Town Hall
Queen Victoria Building
City Circle
North Shore railway lines
Governor
Lachlan Macquarie
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
King George III
King William IV

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