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Circular Quay 2004

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Airview

Airview is a commercial aerial photography company supplying the Dictionary with both stock and artistic aerial photography

Cahill Expressway

Controversial from its inception, the Cahill Expressway seemed necessary in the 1950s to alleviate city traffic congestion. Repeated calls for its demolition have been unsuccessful.

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AMP Building

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Post War International style office building which at 25 storeys was the first to officially break the 1912 Sydney height of Buildings Limit of 150 feet and thus become the tallest building in Australia at the time of its construction.

Cahill expressway

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Overhead road that crosses Circular Quay above the elevated railway line.

Circular Quay

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Area of Sydney's central business district that surrounds the quays built on reclaimed land from the 1830s.

East Circular Quay

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Area on the eastern shore of Sydney Cove to Bennelong Point.

Circular Quay

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Quay built between 1837 and 1855 and originally known as Semi-circular Quay, because of the shape of the stoneworks built with convict labour to stabilise the new shoreline reclaimed from mudflats.

Circular Quay railway station

Elevated railway station at Circular Quay that opened in 1956, completing the City Circle loop.

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