Dictionary of Sydney

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Rowe Street

Small street between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets originally named Brougham Place which was renamed for architect Thomas Rowe in 1875. It became a hub for Sydney's artistic and fashionable set in the mid-twentieth century before most of it was demolished in 1973 for the building of the MLC centre. Only a small portion off Pitt Street remains.

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1973
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Brougham Place
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Rowe Street

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A narrow laneway, running between Pitt and Castlereagh streets, Rowe Street was small-scale, personable, cosmopolitan, and fun.