No public artwork comes without debate - here are some comments from our business and arts leaders: “We congratulate the City for its commitment to The City’s public art in the city. Art is always subjective and the fact is, this sculpture will be a major talking point and will enhance the city’s pulling power.” public art program Sydney Business Chamber Executive Director Patricia Forsythe. “Public art can really make a place come to life; it’s We recently released an updated design for Cloud Arch – our significant capable of transforming otherwise ordinary places into living landmarks, drawing visitors and defining new public artwork outside Sydney Towngives ourHall, city centreto be a truebuilt people’s by March place where 2019. the areas where people gather and meet.” pedestrianised George Street will meet Sydney Town Hall. Designed by visionary Japanese artist and architect Mirvac CEO Junya Ishigami, Cloud Arch is a majestic steel arch Cloud Arch is the most significant public artwork to be Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz. that will soar 58 metres above George Street. built in Australia for decades and will be a culmination October 2017 Moore Park Making our city work better for the people in it every and focus for our main city artery where people will “The increase in the scale of Ishigami’s proposed day has been a key priority over the last decade. have priority over cars. design greatly adds to its appeal and promises to Light rail and the transformation of George Street finally be even more compelling than the original concept.” Art Gallery of NSW Director Dr Michael Brand. Forgotten Songs Other exciting works include In Between Two Worlds, by artist Jason Wing, which forms “Cloud Arch will be the most exciting design to the centrepiece of the City of Sydney’s upgrade to Little Hay Street, Factory Street and Kimber emerge on the Sydney scene since the Opera House. Lane in Haymarket. I know it will become a Sydney icon.” Moore Park under threat again Penelope Seidler AM. We worked with artist Lindy Lee to transform In the 1970s, the NSW Government pursued freeways through historic Glebe and Newtown, wholesale destruction of Thomas Street, Haymarket, into a space of In Between Two Worlds “Cloud Arch is a sublime work arching towards The Rocks and Woolloomooloo, and demolition of priceless heritage buildings, such as the Theatre Royal and Australia Hotel. harmony with thoughtful Scholar Rocks and the sky defining Sydney’s ambition. It is a The rampant destruction was stalled only by massive public outcry and green bans. stone seating that replicates the natural great example of what public art can offer.” form of boulders. Now, it’s on again, with the NSW Government This Utopia-sounding ‘connectivity The government and the Centennial and John Kaldor AO. using state significant development and upgrade’ is a direct highway from Moore Park Trust seem to be unable to We Are Here is a giant mural along Foley unelected authorities to push through WestConnex to Moore Park and Allianz prevent it. Street in Darlinghurst, inspired by the hundreds unpopular and destructive projects. Stadium, where powerful entities are 20 million people visit the Centennial and of parades that have taken place in the area. pressuring the NSW Government into The Sydney Motorway Corporation Moore parklands annually, while just prioritising public funds to rebuild the The songs of 50 birds once heard in central controlling WestConnex is beyond the two million attend Allianz stadium and stadium, despite poor attendances, no Sydney have been brought back to life in scrutiny of Parliament, ICAC or the public. the SCG. The needs of the majority must support from major football codes and Forgotten Songs by Michael Thomas Hill. A Its expanding toll road network cost has be prioritised. With three out of every four no credible business case. chorus of birdcalls filter down from the canopy Celebrating Eora risen from $10 billion to $17 billion, and people in the City of Sydney area living in Scholar Rocks of birdcages suspended above Angel Place. The Eora Journey is a City project that recognises and celebrates the living will reach $50 billion including additional But that’s not all. Next door in the former apartments, Moore Park is our backyard Here, an Echo by Agatha Gothe-Snape combines stages and connector roads, pushing Showground, the consortium that leases and increasingly important as leisure space. culture of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Sydney. congestion into new areas. the Entertainment Quarter is secretly the acts of reading and walking with 14 words Moore Park is also public land, our land planning redevelopment that services and phrases in Wemyss Lane, Surry Hills. At the St Peters interchange, the Roads and its future must be planned openly We’re working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander professional sports, when community and Maritime Services is now proposing a and in full consultation with us – its Caroline Rothwell’s two bronze Youngsters artists to create seven major public art projects. sport facilities are desperately needed. sculptures in Sydney’s Barrack Street are a So far we’ve launched: six-lane highway through residential areas owners and users. including Green Square to Moore Park for And the Park Trust plans to expand five playful take on identity. Please contact Premier Berejiklian on • Welcome to Redfern by artist Reko Rennie, a striking the 120,000 extra vehicles a day that will car parking sites, despite new light rail, 02 8574 5000 and let her know what Discover more at cityartsydney.com.au mural covering an entire terrace house at The Block come into the city and congest local roads. and without any traffic and transport plan. with vibrant graphic designs and murals of inspiring you think. Visit fixwestconnex.com.au We Are Here Youngsters Aboriginal leaders At the eastern end of this new highway Pushing all this is the Sydney Cricket and my lord mayoral minute at near Moore Park, a $500 million 12-lane and Sports Ground Trust which includes cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/moore-park • YININMADYEMI Thou didst let fall by Tony Albert, intersection will require pedestrians to the former head of WestConnex. Also for more information on the destructive a memorial in Hyde Park to acknowledge Aboriginal and cross five sets of lights and will alienate on the trust is former Premier O’Farrell, ‘WestCongest’ project. Torres Strait Islander men and women who served in yet more of our parklands. whose $38 million Tibby Cotter bridge the nation’s military would appear to have been built to Welcome to Redfern Protecting the magnificent fig trees at connect car parking on west Moore • born in darkness before dawn by Nicole Foreshew, Waterloo Oval and Moore Park should a temporary artwork made up of nightly Park to the stadiums. Here, an Echo be beyond question, but this government @CloverMoore projections of the personal histories has destroyed whole avenues of trees for In 2010, the former Chair of the of Aboriginal women that transformed light rail and WestConnex, rejecting more Sports Trust admitted it had been the wall of the Australian Museum on sensitive design solutions. trying to control Moore Park for Sydneysiders will have an opportunity to explore William Street. years and didn’t plan to stop. our rich history and heritage in a major exhibition We’re now working on Monument for marking the 175th anniversary of the City of Sydney the Eora. This major public artwork will Council – Our City: 175 Years in 175 Objects. thank and honour the Aboriginal people Open daily from Friday 27 October to Sunday of Sydney, and recognise the Gadigal 12 November, the exhibition will showcase 175 clan as the traditional custodians of the Sydney City objects from the City’s civic, history and archive City of Sydney local area. collections dating from 1842 to 2017 – many of This new work will be in the heart of is 175 years old which have never been seen by the public. our city and a landmark of national and Highlights include a letter from American inventor international significance. Thomas Edison, a Domain Baths swimming born in darkness before dawn competition shield from 1921 and an 1850s minute book featuring doodles and sketches by the artist If you require this information in an alternative format please contact: and town clerk, John Rae. City of Sydney: 02 9265 9333 [email protected] The exhibition will be open from 11am to 4pm in the Translating & Interpreting Service (TIS):13 14 50 Lower Town Hall of Sydney Town Hall. Free entry. by 27 October For more information visit the City’s What’s On website. How to contact the City Visit: City of Sydney, Town Hall House, 456 Kent Street, Sydney Post: GPO Box 1591, Sydney NSW 2001 T: 02 9265 9333 Email: [email protected] Special meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney for its 100th anniversary, 20 July 1942. Online: cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au Your councillors are Clover Moore (IND) / Jess Miller (IND) / Robert Kok (IND) / Jess Scully (IND) / Philip Thalis (IND) / Christine Forster (LIB) / Craig Chung (LIB) / Linda Scott (LAB) / Kerryn Phelps (IND) / Angela Vithoulkas (IND) To subscribe to Sydney City News online: cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/subscribe To keep up to date with all Sydney events, sign up to our What’s On newsletter at whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au ‘WestCONgest’ plans expansion to Moore Park PLACEHOLDER IMAGE ONLY ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TO COME 2 3 Proposed St Peters interchange Lachlan St McEvoy St The ‘WestCongest’ interchange at St Peters, adjacent to Sydney Park, Moore will cover 27 hectares with a spaghetti junction of roads 38 metres high, Park designed for truck speeds of up to 100 km/h.