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Type - Square or place
Argyle Place
Centenary Square
Chifley Square
Cumberland Place
Customs Square
Dee Why Square
Macquarie Place
Martin Place
Queens Square
Railway Square
St Paul's Square
Sydney Square
Taylor Square
Town Hall Square
World Square

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Square or place

Argyle Place

Reserve bounded by Argyle Place, Argyle and Lower Fort streets.

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Centenary Square

Section of Church Street which was closed to traffic in 1975 to create a pedestrian plaza which highlights several of the historical heart of Parramatta.

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Chifley Square

Pedestrian plaza at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney

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Cumberland Place

Landings and steps between Harrington and Cumberland streets which is the oldest known pedestrian street in The Rocks. In use since 1807 it illustrates the close urban character of early Sydney and its rocky topography.

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Customs Square

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Forecourt of Customs House building at Circular Quay. Stone paving designed by architectural firm Tonkin Zulaikha Greer in late 1990s represents original shoreline of Sydney Cove.

Dee Why Square

Pedestrian area and park in the centre of Dee Why business district.

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Macquarie Place

The open space at the corner of Loftus and Bridge streets marked with an obelisk from which roads in the colony were measured. Originally the area was swampy mangrove land on the banks of the Tank Stream it has been a public meeting place since the 1790s.

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Martin Place

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Wide street running through Sydney's centre, from the General Post Office at the George Street end, and completed when Sydney City Council resumed property to extend the street all the way to Macquarie Street in the 1930s. Lined with elegant buildings of grand design and lavish materials it has been entirely pedestrian since 1979.

Queens Square

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Public square at the junction of Macquarie and King streets containing a statue of Queen Victoria.

Railway Square

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Intersection of Broadway, George Street and Pitt Streets on the western side of Central Railway Station that marks the edge of the city centre. 

St Paul's Square

Intersection of Cleveland and Regent Streets, Redfern.

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Sydney Square

One of Sydney's earliest pedestrian plazas associated with many civic gatherings and meetings held at the Town Hall.

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Taylor Square

Locality on the border of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills where Oxford Street meets Flinders and Bourke streets near Darlinghurst Courthouse which is a hub of the city's nightlife.

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Town Hall Square

Public space between Sydney Town Hall and St Andrew's Cathedral which was constructed above Town Hall station and shopping arcade.

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World Square

Complex of retail, residential and commercial buildings constructed on the site of the once vast Anthony Hordern department store. When the store was demolished in 1986 the site remained empty for 20 years because of planning disputes. The complex now dominates the southern commercial section of the city.

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