Sydney: Australia's mini-Manhattan

Morn · #1 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:21 PM**

Re thread title, might sound a bit bombastic but I think it's an apt description of the harbour city.
Population: 4.5 million
History: Founded 1788 as a prison colony, grew rapidly with the gold rush, ending the 19th century with 500k people.
All my own pictures, Sydney's downtown.

Morn · #2 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:28 PM**

diskojoe · #3 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:34 PM**

Nice thread. i get a good vibe from sydney. some nice street action going on there.

OhioGuy · #4 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:34 PM**

Fabulous!!

Morn · #5 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:36 PM**

Morn · #6 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:41 PM**

Morn · #7 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:43 PM**

Morn · #8 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 1:43 PM**

ColDayMan · #9 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 2:37 PM**

Great stuff!

Cory · #10 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 5:13 PM**

I think I would have a ball in Sydney and the disproportionate ratio of street width and building height makes for some interesting streetscapes.

CassGilbert · #11 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 5:51 PM**

Wow it really does share a resemblance with New York. Spectacular photo tour. Definitely a must-see for me in the future. Considering that Sydney is more than a century younger than New York, it has some room to catch up

plinko · #12 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 7:51 PM**

We get suprisingly few Sydney threads here.

Well done.

LAsam · #13 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 8:18 PM**

I'd hit it.

volguus zildrohar · #14 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 8:27 PM**

Ah, the Sydney skyline. Famous from the films The Matrix and Dolph Lundgren's The Punisher.

Nice shots - one rarely sees images from the downtown core on the street.

MolsonExport · #15 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 8:32 PM**

Love Sydney. Had a wonderful visit in 2003. The city reminds me more of San Francisco and Vancouver than of New York City.

stepper77 · #16 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 9:47 PM**

I would love to visit Sydney someday! Nice shots. Thanks!

Morn · #17 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 10:27 PM**

These streets were not designed for cars, but for horses in a small colonial city! In a city of this size, they get crowded.
Also, the city loves taxis, Sydney has a fleet of 6000 cabs which is half as many as New York! Which is a lot to fit in it's smaller downtown.
Also note all the flags, Australians are as patriotic as Americans heh.

Quixote · #18 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:54 PM**

Sydney has got to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Morn · #19 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:46 PM**

Quote:

Considering that Sydney is more than a century younger than New York, it has some room to catch up

It's rapidly growing, it's forecast to reach 6 million in 2036 and 7.5million in 2050.

There's the new Barangaroo project to expand the city in the west, but more will be needed before the decade is out.
Here's the renders, to be finished by around 2015:

Morn · #20 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:58 PM**

Here, aerial shot of the city, gives a good perspective of the size of the downtown. Not taken by me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strike1/257964701/