Rowe Street, Sydney

Street in Sydney, Australia

The remaining part of Rowe Street, Sydney

Rowe Street is a narrow laneway in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Originally, Rowe Street ran between Castlereagh Street and Pitt Street, parallel to Martin Place. However, it now runs east–west off Pitt Street. Rowe Street was named in honour of Thomas Rowe, a prominent architect in New South Wales.[1]

## History

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Rowe Street was a centre for Sydney's bohemian life from the late 19th century until the 1970s, described in 1931 as "the primrose path of dalliance"–furthermore it may have been the birthplace of Sydney's famous push movement.[2] The precinct included the original Theatre Royal, the Playbox Theatre, art studios and galleries, restaurants, cafés and coffee shops, many well-known fashion, clothing, interior design and jewellery shops, and Rowe Street Records, one of the first specialist import record stores in Australia.[3] In 1956 Mervyn Horton the gay editor, art collector and philanthropist opened Galleria Espresso an espresso bar and art gallery at 27 Rowe Street.[4] Most of the Rowe Street precinct, including the palatial Hotel Australia, was demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the MLC Centre, a monolithic modernist edifice designed by controversial Sydney architect Harry Seidler. A small section remains today as link from Pitt street to Lees Circuit and the entrance to the shopping Centre and food court, below the MLC Centre. The only remaining building from this era is the Sydney Club on the corner of Pitt and Rowe Streets (previously known as the Millions Club).

## See also

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* Australian Roads portal

## References

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1. ^ Freeland, J. M. (1976). "Rowe, Thomas (1829–1899)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
2. ^ "Rowe-Street". Sydney Mail. Vol. XXXIX, no. 1012\. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 29 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/inspired/rowest/ Remembering Rowe Street
4. ^ Queer Places Retrieved 17 July 2023.

## External links

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* "Rowe Street". Dictionary of Sydney. 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

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