Week 1 - 4 March 2013 - North Sydney, Sydney


4 March 2013 - North Sydney, Sydney
North Sydney is commercial district of Sydney, located 3 kilometers away from north of the Sydney CBD. The commercial area of North Sydney includes the one of the largest concentration of office buildings with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries. This area used to dominate business in Advertising, marketing and printing. Lots of Corporations offices have been built there which include Polltraxx Protection Services, Cisco Systems, Novell, Sun Microsystems, AGL, AAMI, Sophos, Symantec and so on. Compare with other suburbs, this area has limited shopping facilities and almost closed on Sundays. The main shopping building is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected to North Sydney station. However, North Sydney can directly link to the Sydney CBD by road and rail across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Furthermore, lots of schools are built in this area, which is convenient for the students live nearby. Beside all these above, there is Great Park named St Leonards Park, which offer the residents in this area to play sports and recreation inside. North Sydney is not only a place mainly contains corporate companies but also suitable for people to live.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 12 - 22 May 2013 - City Village in Green Square (Sydney City)

Image
22 May 2013 - City Village in Green Square (Sydney City) The Green Square is a crucial design project highlighted by Sustainable Sydney 2030 for resolving the inner-city high-density residence problem and providing a new multi-functional city village. It also has been an dispensable part of the green connection with Sydney City, which it provide people a potential town centre with local advantages linking with ten main green corridors to the liveable network of Sydney. Firstly, Green Square is the wider part of Sydney City to provide people to afford housing space and live in the city due to the diverse population. Therefore, this area has been contributed to a sustainable place for supplying a long-term opportunity of future development. Secondly, this proposal in Green Square has designed a new town centre supported by additional residential spaces, retails, business activities and enhanced public transport system. This area should be able to liveable city village for Sydne...
Read more

Week 12 - 21 May 2013 - Sydney Liveable Green Network

Image
21 May 2013 - Sydney Liveable Green Network A great many residents of Sydney City choose walking and cycling across the metropolitan Sydney; hence, a liveable green network was promoted into the entire sustainable travel patterns of the city in Sustainable Sydney 2030 , which residents and travellers would be managed to walk in 3 minutes to involve into the green link of this metropolitan city; then, they could follow ten   main green corridors to arrive a public open space existing in the city centre, which discovering attractions   in the city trip would be promoted in these green corridors. Firstly, the liveable green network of Sydney City would provide a more public city than before since open spaces and private spaces were connected by these main green corridors that original streets with plants, which the pedestrians and cyclists are able to be involved into a great trip of entire city to create a sustainable public life. Secondly, the crucial roads, air and r...
Read more

Week 2- 12 March 2013 - Centennial Park, Sydney

Image
12 March 2013 - Centennial Park, Sydney Centennial Park is a large public, urban park that occupies 220 hectares in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Centennial Park located 4 kilometers south-east away from Sydney CBD, in the Randwick. The Park forms part of the larger Centennial Parklands. The park is not only a 'natural' landscape but also constructed horticultural contains a lot of aesthetic and landscape traditions. It has also been designed in order to better serve people’s health, race, social order and the influence of environment on people (known as environmental determinism or euthenics). The urban values have been increased due to this park. This park is a great place for reading and relaxes in side. During weekend, many parents will bring their family there and enjoy the time contacting natural and play with family members. All of these influences have been marked; Centennial Park today is a large and great place on landmark.  
Read more