Although the Town Hall is a multipurpose building with a high degree of adaptability, the primary functions of Sydney Town Hall have changed little in over 140 years. Large spaces which can be adapted for meetings, exhibitions, receptions and performances dominate the interior which also accommodates the council chamber and civic offices for the lord mayor and aldermen. Outside, the steps and balconies provide the ceremonial platforms for street parades and stages for democratic expression while high above, the public clock keeps the city on time.
Once described as a ‘bride cake’, the architecture of Sydney Town Hall is a composite of neo-Classical and French Second Empire elements, combining the imperial antiquity of ancient Greece and Rome with fashionable French architecture popularised in the public buildings and grand chateaux constructed during the reign of Napoleon III (1852-1870).
The first stage of the town hall (1868-1884) to be completed comprised the Vestibule and aldermen’s offices on the ground floor, the Council Chamber and retiring rooms and a proposed library on the first floor and operational facilities in the basement. The clock tower was completed in 1873.
City Architect, Thomas Sapsford and his assistant John Hennessey, produced designs which became the basis for the second stage (1884-1889).
The front steps of Sydney Town Hall are the city’s most popular central meeting place – they are also the stage for many of Sydney’s public civic events. It is here that the Lord Mayor of Sydney welcomes and receives honoured citizens, visiting dignitaries sporting teams, military units, and street parades to the city. http://365project.org/annied/the-ones-i-left/2014-01-22
Yes the Town Hall is a beautiful looking building and a place where you can ask people to meet you and they know where it is!!! I certainly do like your processing on this one :)
thank you - it is a beautiful building - easy to make it look good
This is a lovely old building.
Very nice.