- Small Groups Group Size Small Groups
- 2.5 Hours Duration 2.5 Hours
The transformation and regeneration of Ultimo.
Quick Details
Duration: 4 hours (including coffee break)
Group Size: Max 12 people
Over recent decades the inner-city, former working-class ‘burbs’ of Waterloo, Redfern and Surry Hills have undergone massive change. No longer associated with poverty and crime they now boast many of the city’s most popular cafes, bars and restaurants and have a thriving creative scene with something to be discovered around every corner.
Sticking to bike paths, back lanes and quiet streets, our route and conversation will be structured around a number of contemporary projects, contested sites, and politically charged themes. You will discover inspired renovations, new houses, public and cultural buildings, contemporary landscapes, infill developments on tiny sites as well as large, mixed-use developments as we discuss the new ideas shaping how we live in our private and public realms.
Taking centre stage will be a suite of projects by local heroes Neeson Murcutt Architects, SJB, Angelo Candalepas, Hill Thalis, Breathe Architecture, John James, Ian Moore, Raffaello Rosselli and Andy Macdonald.
This tour is no touristic join-the-dots. It’s an exploration of a city by stealth that will reveal an altogether different side to Sydney than the one you may have imagined.
Prince Alfred Park & Pool (outside). 105 Chalmers St, Surry Hills.
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