Then & Now - Central Railway Station (aka Sydney Station)

Central Station was under construction by April 1903 when this image was taken from the Anthony Hordern Warehouse in Parker Street. The labels start in the centre top f the image and go clockwise by alphabet: A Price Alfred Park Exhibition Building B The 1875 old Central Station (aka Redfern Station) fronting Devonshire Street C Pitt Street heading south to Railway Square D Eddy Avenue running across the Belmore Park frontage of the new station E Elizabeth Street

A similarly aligned view last week. The cars are coming out of Eddy Avenue and turning south into Pitt Street. Below Left: A view of the building in December 1906 when the first train departed for the countryside. Remember, at this time we are only talking about the country platforms of Central. The lines going into the CBD were only constructed in the mid-1920s. Below Right: Taken during 1920, as the clock tower is not complete.

Standing up on the tram concourse and looking north up Pitt Street to the CBD.

I don't have a dog, so I took my camera for an early morning walk

F6.3, 1/250, ISO 1000, 55mm, Spot

Same viaduct as yesterday, first one way and then the other.

An older chap simply bounced onto my stage, and I thought 'here's a go'! So I stripped the 'No Entry' sign out of the viewer and zoomed in a bit more, ensuring that I spot-metered the colonade along the Eddy Avenue edge of Central Station.

Then I hobbled with my stick down t'other end of the tunnel, and tried again and again to get a silhoutte of a person in just the right position with regard to the tunnel AND the traffic flow on Elizbeth Street. Patience. It's all about patience. And perseverance.

By then, the stench of overdone chip-oil from the Express Diner was making me woozey, and I went home for breakfast.

F6.3, 1/400, ISO 1000, 105mm, Spot

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Homeward bound ... I wish I was

Thursday 7 am, Eddy Avenue, waiting for the 378 to Bronte

All my words come back to me In shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought’s escaping Home, where my music’s playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me.