Fab Sydney Flashbacks: Canterbury Bankstown Council

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Saturday, 4 August 2018

Property Advert of the Week: "Santa Barbara Gardens", Yagoona (1972)

Below is a 1972 advertisement by Classic Projects for the "Santa Barbara Gardens" complex at Yagoona. You can also view how it appears from the street on Google Earth.

Source: Classic Projects Pty. Ltd. 1972. "Santa Barbara Gardens" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, July 8: 16.

Monday, 16 July 2018

SYDNEY SHOPPING CENTRES: Early Scheme for Roselands (1961)

A few years ago, I shared some material on the opening of Roselands in 1965. Here is a "prequel" entry.

I recently found a proposed scheme for the Roselands Shopping Centre dating from 1961 which was approved by Canterbury Council. Instead of one big building housing all retailers (as they did) anchored by Grace Bros, this scheme had several buildings. It appears that there was even two open air squares.

Source: Anon. 1961. "New Shopping Centre". The Sydney Morning Herald, November 10: 6.

Could Roselands have evolved differently had they gone with the scheme? Would we have seen a Warringah Mall style shopping centre, south of the Harbour Bridge?

Or would they have to demolish the centre or a major renovation may have had to occur in future years to bring it to date with retail trends? Some good What If's to answer.

The design for the original centre was finalised in 1964. Projected cost was five million pounds.

Previous entries on Roselands that you may find of interest:

Monday, 4 June 2018

1992: The BBC Home Depot - The foreunner to Bunnings!!!

In 1992, BBC Hardware opened the first of their Home Depot stores at Bankstown, introducing Sydneysiders to the concept of big-box hardware stores. By 1994, they were branded as Hardwarehouse. In 2001, owners (Howard Smith Limited) sold the stores to Wesfarmers, which were then absorbed into the network of Bunnings Warehouse stores.

Bunnings no longer trade on the Canterbury Road site, relocating several kilometres west to a larger site on Milperra Road at Bankstown Airport. Other bulky retailers including Officeworks and PetBarn occupy the former site.

Below is a series of advertisements that were published in October 1992 in The Daily Telegraph Mirror.