The Powerhouse acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the ancestral homelands upon which our museums are situated. We respect their Elders, past, present and future and recognise their continuous connection to Country.
90/586-2 Architectural model, 'Commercial Hotel', part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 1, 90/586-2 Architectural model, 'Commercial Hotel', part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975. Click to enlarge

Architectural model 'Commercial Hotel'

Made
  • 1970-1975
This is one of 23 architectural models representing King Street, Sydney, in the 1880s. This streetscape reveals a lost city of trades, shops and entertainment, in buildings of a human scale. King Street was a magnet at night and by day a retail mecca.

Yet Sydney was also taking on its modern form as a business and professional centre, with architecture to match. This lost city catches Sydney at a cross roads in its history. A bustling variety of people and activities began to make way for a …

This object is part of

90/586 Architectural models (23), King Street Sydney streetscape, c 1880, plywood/cardboard/fabric/celluloid, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1956-1977
Architectural models of King Street made by Jack Montgomery
1970-1975

Summary

Object No.

90/586-2

Object Statement

Architectural model, 'Commercial Hotel', part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975

Physical Description

Architectural model, 'Commercial Hotel', part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975

This model represents No. 196 King Street, Sydney, the Commerical Hotel on the corner with 'Hairworker and Jeweller, Employment Finder', then in the next building Richard Callaway, green grocer and Dymocks bookstore.

Short URL

https://ma.as/108493

Dimensions

Height

500 mm

Width

790 mm

Depth

580 mm

Production

Made

  • 1970-1975

Cite this Object

Harvard

Architectural model 'Commercial Hotel' 2021, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 1 June 2023, <https://ma.as/108493>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/108493 |title=Architectural model 'Commercial Hotel' |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=1 June 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

We want to hear from you

I know more about this object   I have a question about this object   
Creative Commons Licence

Copyright for the above image is held by MAAS and may be subject to third-party copyright restrictions. Please contact MAAS Rights and Permissions for information regarding reproduction, copyright and fees. Text is released under Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives licence

  Submit an image license enquiry.