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Palings Warehouse

Office building which used innovative engineering techniques to straddle the Tank Stream and featured safe deposit vaults in the basement. Only the facade still exists as a reminder of the musical heritage of the area.

-33.866640637076, 151.2077948302

Milestone
Constructed
1888
Modified
1997 - 1999
Property
Occupied by
1888 - 1960
Occupied by
1942 - 1957
Type

Paling, William Henry

,
2010

Born in the Netherlands to a family of musicians, William Paling became one of Sydney's foremost businessmen and philanthropists.