The AWA Tower, York Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia – a late afternoon view from Centrepoint (Sydney) Tower in 1981 when the Pyrmont Bridge (background) was still carrying motor traffic over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The AWA Tower is a heritage-listed office and communications complex in Sydney, NSW, Australia built for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited. The AWA Tower consists of a radio transmission tower atop a 15-storey building – a vintage 1980s photograph.
The AWA Tower, York Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia – a late afternoon view from Centrepoint (Sydney) Tower in 1981 when the Pyrmont Bridge (background) was still carrying motor traffic over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The AWA Tower is a heritage-listed office and communications complex in Sydney, NSW, Australia built for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited. The AWA Tower consists of a radio transmission tower atop a 15-storey building. It is located in the Sydney central business district at 45-47 York Street, close to Wynyard Park and Wynyard railway station. It was designed by Robertson, Marks and McCredie in association with DT Morrow and Gordon and built from 1937 to 1939 by William Hughes and Co. It brought geometric Art Deco design and modernism to the city. The tower was modelled on Berlin's Funkturm Tower, built a few years earlier, and both took inspiration from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The communications tower was an integral part of the structure and remained the tallest structure in Sydney (other than the Sydney Harbour Bridge) until the 1960s. The tower is 46 metres (151 ft) high atop a 55-metre (180 ft) high building. There was a viewing platform near the top. It is covered by a conservation order, and remains known as the AWA building, although the big red AWA signs have been removed. The tower was rebuilt in 1994, remains illuminated at night, but the viewing platform is no longer there. This image is from an old Kodak colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1980s photograph.
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
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