Volume 4 Environmental Impact Statement Cbd Andsoutheast Lightrailproject
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
CBD AND SOUTH EAST LIGHT RAIL PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT VOLUME 4 Technical papers STRATEGY TECHNICAL PAPER 6: TECHNICAL PAPER HERITAGE INTERPRETATION INTERPRETATION HERITAGE CBD and South East Light Rail Heritage Interpretation Strategy Report prepared for Parsons Brinckerhoff on behalf of Transport for NSW September 2013 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled CBD and South East Light Rail—Heritage Interpretation Strategy, undertaken by Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd in accordance with its quality management system. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 12-0489B 1 Report September 2013 Contents Page 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 CBD and South East Light Rail Route .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Proposed Development .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Report Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Methodology and Terminology .............................................................................................................. 3 1.6 Authorship ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Outline History and Interpretative Storylines ...................................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Summary History .................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Precinct 1—City Centre Precinct .................................................................................................... 7 2.2.2 Precinct 2—Surry Hills Precinct ...................................................................................................... 8 2.2.3 Precinct 3—Moore Park Precinct ................................................................................................... 9 2.2.4 Precinct 4—Kensington/Kingsford Precinct ................................................................................. 10 2.2.5 Precinct 5—Randwick Precinct .................................................................................................... 11 2.2.6 Precinct 6— Rozelle Stabling Maintenance Depot ..................................................................... 12 2.3 Key Historic Themes ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.3.1 Assessment of Historic Themes ................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Key Stories for Interpretation ............................................................................................................... 16 Historical Images: Precinct 1—City Centre Precinct ............................................................................. 18 Historical Images: Precinct 2—Surry Hills Precinct ............................................................................... 26 Historical Images: Precinct 3—Moore Park Precinct ............................................................................. 28 Historical Images: Precinct 4—Kensington/Kingsford Precinct ............................................................ 30 Historical Images: Precinct 5—Randwick Precinct ................................................................................ 36 Historical Images: Precinct 6—Rozelle Stabling Maintenance Depot .................................................. 40 2.5 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................... 42 3.0 Approach to Interpretation ................................................................................................................... 43 3.1 Interpretation as a Conservation Process ........................................................................................... 43 3.2 Audiences for Interpretation ................................................................................................................. 43 3.3 Available Resources ............................................................................................................................. 44 3.4 Opportunities for Interpretation ............................................................................................................ 44 4.0 Heritage Interpretation Concepts and Media .................................................................................... 45 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 45 4.2 Interpretive Concepts ........................................................................................................................... 45 4.3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 46 4.3.1 Development and Implementation Tasks .................................................................................... 46 Interpretive Concept 1—Signage at Light Rail Stops or Historical Images .......................................... 48 Interpretive Concept 2—Online Exhibition or Digital Publication .......................................................... 50 Interpretive Concept 3—Self-Guided Tour ............................................................................................. 52 CBD and South East Light Rail Environmental Impact Statement—Heritage Interpretation Strategy, September 2013 CBD and South East Light Rail Environmental Impact Statement—Heritage Interpretation Strategy, September 2013 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background Godden Mackay Logan (GML) has been commissioned by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) on behalf of Transport for NSW to prepare a Heritage Interpretation Strategy report (HIS) for the proposed CBD and South East Light Rail (CSELR) project. The CSELR will comprise the construction and operation of a new light rail service, including approximately 12 kilometres of light rail track from Circular Quay to Central, and then to Kingsford and Randwick via Surry Hills and Moore Park (a total of 13 kilometres including track at the required Rozelle maintenance depot and stabling facilities) (refer to Figure 1.1). The preparation of a Heritage Interpretation Strategy (HIS) is part of the Director General’s Requirements (DGR) issued by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, under Section 115Y of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Under the heading ‘Non-Indigenous Heritage’, the relevant DGR states: ‘the preparation of a Heritage Interpretation Strategy Report.’ This HIS is a technical report that will form part of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. 1.2 CBD and South East Light Rail Route The proposed CSELR would be located in the City of Sydney and Randwick City Local Government Areas (LGAs) and would traverse the suburbs of Sydney CBD, Haymarket, Surry Hills, Moore Park, Randwick, Kensington and Kingsford. The CBD line would commence at Circular Quay and run north to south along George Street to Rawson Place, where it would run east along Rawson Place to Eddy Avenue, in front of the principal elevation of Central Station. The line would turn south at Chalmers Street, then east along Devonshire Street, Surry Hills. The CSELR line would cross South Dowling Street at grade and enter a tunnel below Moore Park west, coming back to surface east of Anzac Parade in Moore Park east. From there, it would head south to Alison Road where the line would branch off to Randwick along Alison Road; and Kensington, UNSW and Kingsford along Anzac Parade. The CSELR would also include the construction of maintenance and stabling facilities at Randwick and Rozelle. The Rozelle maintenance depot is proposed to include maintenance inspection tracks, a building, workshops and storage. This depot is physically separated from the other five precincts and would not be publicly accessible; therefore, the main focus for interpretation planning is the other five precincts. The outline history and interpretation storylines in section 2.0 are set out precinct by precinct, based on the six precincts defined in the CSELR Definition Design. A plan showing the CSELR precincts is provided in Figure 1.2. 1.3 Proposed Development The following project description is based on information provided by Transport for NSW. The CSELR comprises the construction and operation of a light rail service, including approximately 13 kilometres of new light rail track from Circular Quay to Central,