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Strand Arcade

Arcade

The last surviving Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney. Three storeys high with glass roof, cantilevered galleries, cast iron balustrades, and timber framed shopfronts, it has been restored after several fires and still retains the small elite boutiques that defined the Sydney shopping experience of the 1890s.

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Milestone
Constructed
1890 - 1892
Name
Commemorated by
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 12. The Strand Arcade
Position
Architect
Spencer and Fairfax
1891 - 1892
Property
On site of
White Horse Hotel, George Street
Owned by
Dixson, Hugh 1841-1926
Owned by
Dawson, David Stewart
Type
Arcade

Strand Arcade

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Laila Ellmoos
,
2008

Opened in 1892, the Strand Arcade was one of five built in the city centre during the late nineteenth century. It was designed as a covered shopping street, with 80 shopfronts on four floors. By the 1950s it was neglected but in the 1970s the arcade was refurbished, and has since been restored after fire damage.

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