1966: What the Park Regis might have been

Photo taken by the Author (2013)

I have had a fondness for the fifty year old Park Regis Tower in central Sydney. It is the tallest brick building in Sydney (if not Australia) and was the first major highrise apartment tower to be built in the Sydney CBD.

I found renders of what it might have looked like from an earlier scheme. Note that the plant (service box) room was towards the south and much smaller. The upper floors didn't have the standard balconies. The swimming pool appears to have switched from the northern side towards the southern side, swapping places with the plant room.

Source. Stocks & Holdings. 1966. Untitled (Artists Impression). The Sun Herald, November 6, 49.

To live in the penthouse, it would set you back $135 000. Studio apartments were on sale for $10 000.

Stocks and Holdings actually advertised the earlier scheme in its advertisement promoting the apartments.

Source: Stocks & Holdings. 1967. "Park Regis" (Advertisement). The Sydney Morning Herald, June 6: 20.