World Square

World Square, corner of George Street and Liverpool Street Sydney

World Square is a large development in the Sydney Central Business District, New South Wales, Australia. It fills an entire Sydney city block, bounded by George Street, Liverpool Street, Pitt Street and Goulburn Street, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill.

World Square features a shopping centre, hotels, office buildings and residential apartment towers. Liverpool Lane, off Liverpool Street, is part of World Square and features restaurants, cafes and take away shops. It is also the home of Austereo's Sydney radio stations/studios, the stations being Triple M Sydney and 2Day FM.

Buildings

Rydges World Square Hotel (formerly the Avillion Hotel Sydney), corner of Pitt Street and Liverpool Street. 10 floors of hotel, restaurants and commercial space. Construction ended in 1999.
Hordern Towers, on Pitt Street. 48 floors of residential apartments and commercial space Construction ended in 1999.
World Tower, on Liverpool Street. 73 floors of residential apartments and commercial suites. Sydney’s tallest skyscraper. Construction ended in 2004.
Ernst & Young Tower Centre, 680 George Street and 50 Goulburn Street. 55 floors of commercial space. Construction ended in 2004.
Latitude East, corner of Pitt Street and Goulburn Street. 12 floors of commercial space. Construction ended in 2007.
The World Square Shopping Centre is located on the Lower Ground floor and Ground floor of this development containing various retailers.^[1]

History

Aerial view of Anthony Horden & Sons' Palace Emporium

The site on which World Square now stands was originally home to the Anthony Hordern & Sons department store, a six-storey building which opened in 1905. After the demolition of Hordern & Sons in 1986, the site remained undeveloped for most of the 1990s due to planning disputes.^[2] During the dispute, scenes for the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie were shot on the former property of Hordern & Sons and future site of World Square.^[3] Between 1988 and 2013, the now defunct Sydney Monorail stopped at the development's 'built-in' station.

References

↑ World Square Shopping Centre
↑ Dick, Tim (2005-01-07). "Fixing the hole". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
↑ Matthews, Paul (1995-11-00). "What REALLY Happened - the first MMPR Movie". Retrieved 2010-04-11. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Coordinates: 33°52′39.23″S 151°12′23.72″E / 33.8775639°S 151.2065889°E / -33.8775639; 151.2065889

Shopping centres in New South Wales

Central Coast	Erina Fair Westfield Tuggerah

Hunter	Charlestown Square Stockland Glendale Stockland Green Hills Westfield Kotara

Illawarra	Stockland Shellharbour Warrawong Plaza Wollongong Central

Sydney	Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Birkenhead Point Outlet Centre Broadway Shopping Centre Carlingford Court Castle Towers Chatswood Chase Chatswood Interchange Chatswood Mall Eastgate Bondi Junction Hurstville Central Macarthur Square Macquarie Centre Mandarin Centre Mid City Centre Queen Victoria Building Rhodes Waterside Roselands Rouse Hill Town Centre Soul Pattinson Building St Ives Shopping Village Strathfield Plaza The Strand Arcade The Galeries Victoria Top Ryde City Warriewood Square Westfield Bondi Junction Westfield Burwood Westfield Chatswood Westfield Eastgardens Westfield Hornsby Westfield Hurstville Westfield Liverpool Westfield Miranda Westfield Parramatta Westfield Sydney Westfield Sydney Central Plaza Westfield Warringah Mall Westpoint Blacktown World Square

South Western New South Wales	Griffith Central Lavington Square Shopping Centre Wagga Wagga Marketplace

List of shopping centres in Australia

Sydney landmarks

Buildings / structures	Admiralty House Archibald Fountain Australia Square Cadmans Cottage The Cenotaph Chifley Tower Citigroup Centre International Convention Centre Deutsche Bank Place Dr Chau Chak Wing Building El Alamein Fountain Finger Wharf General Post Office (No. 1 Martin Place) Government House Governor Phillip Tower Harbour Bridge Hyde Park Barracks King Street Wharf Kirribilli House Long Bay Macquarie Lighthouse Mint Observatory Old Government House Opera House Overseas Passenger Terminal Parliament House Parramatta Gaol Regimental Square Queen Victoria Building St Andrew's Cathedral St Mary's Cathedral Sydney Tower The Toaster Town Hall War Memorial Warragamba Dam White Bay Cruise Terminal World Square World Tower

Precincts	Barangaroo Central Park Chinatown Darling Harbour Green Square Kings Cross Martin Place Pitt Street Mall Railway Square The Rocks

Parks and nature	Auburn Botanical Gardens Balls Head Reserve Berowra Valley National Park Bicentennial Park Blue Mountains National Park Botany Bay National Park Centennial Park Central Gardens Nature Reserve Chinese Garden of Friendship Cronulla sand dunes Farm Cove Field of Mars Reserve Fred Hollows Reserve Garigal National Park Garawarra Conservation Area Georges River National Park Heathcote National Park Hyde Park Ku-ring-gai Chase Lane Cove National Park Macquarie Place Moore Park Prospect Hill Royal Botanic Garden Royal National Park Sydney Harbour National Park Sydney Park The Domain Western Sydney Parklands Wetherill Park Nature Reserve

Cultural institutions	Art Gallery of New South Wales Australian Museum Australian National Maritime Museum Manly Art Gallery and Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Sydney Powerhouse Museum Sea Life Sydney Aquarium State Library Sydney Conservatorium of Music Taronga Zoo

Sport	Canterbury Park Racecourse Dunc Gray Velodrome Menangle Park Paceway NSW Tennis Centre Randwick Racecourse Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Royal Sydney Golf Club Stadium Australia State Sports Centre Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Football Stadium Sydney International Aquatic Centre Sydney International Regatta Centre Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre Sydney Showground Stadium The Australian Golf Club The Lakes Golf Club Valvoline Raceway Warwick Farm Racecourse Wentworth Park Western Sydney International Dragway

Transportation	Anzac Bridge Bradfield Highway Broadway Cahill Expressway Captain Cook Bridge Central station Circular Quay City Circle Cross City Tunnel Eastern Distributor George Street Gladesville Bridge Gore Hill Freeway Liverpool–Parramatta T-way M2 Hills Motorway M4 Western Motorway M5 Motorway Macquarie Street North-West T-way Norton Street Opal card Oxford Street Pacific Highway Parramatta Road Pitt Street Princes Highway Pyrmont Bridge Roseville Bridge Southern Cross Drive Spit Bridge Sydney Airport Sydney Buses Sydney Ferries Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Harbour Tunnel Sydney Trains Tom Uglys Bridge Warringah Freeway Westlink M7 William Street

Entertainment	Casula Powerhouse Capitol Theatre Entertainment Quarter Fox Studios Australia Luna Park Sydney Lyric Plaza Theatre The Star State Theatre Sydney Super Dome Sydney Theatre Theatre Royal Wet'n'Wild

Beaches	Avalon Bondi & North Bondi Bronte Clovelly Coogee Cronulla Manly Maroubra Newport Palm Beach Tamarama

Islands	Bare Clark Cockatoo Fort Denison Garden Goat Rodd Shark Snapper Spectacle

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