I am introducing a new series of posts that will be themed Visions of Sydney which I will post from time to time.
The Never Built series has focused on major building developments that were either proposed to be built or were approved by planning authorities but still was not built.
Visions of Sydney posts will focus on what our planners had in mind for our city, whether it involved widespread redevelopment within the Sydney CBD and surrounds or new developments in our suburbs.
This will include transport or civic projects that were planned for Sydney, but either remained a drawing on a sketchboard or a line on a map.
And this will include with individual architects or planners had in mind as their "answer" to improving our city e.g. My 2020 posting on Harry Seidler's 1957 proposed residential scheme for McMahons Point would satisfy this as Seidler had a vision for the future of McMahons Point.
The first entry in this series of entries was a proposal to rejoin Hyde Park which has been split in two by Park Street in 1989.
The rejoining of the park was to be made possible through the construction of the Cross City Tunnel (not completed until 2005) along with a supplementary tunnel for local CBD traffic.
It was envisioned that Hyde Park would according to Lord Mayor Jeremy Bingham would be "one of the most beautiful urban parklands in the world" but would also provide "a sweeping vista of lawns and gardens".
This was a lost opportunity for Sydney when the Cross City Tunnel eventuated to keep traffic out of central Sydney.
Finally it does mention of the proposed Civic Square for the site of Woolworths and adjoining buildings opposite the Sydney Town Hall which is still on the council's "to-do" list.
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