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The assessment indicates that the proposal as a whole would have little effect on the
non-Aboriginal heritage values of the study area. In summary, the planned traffic
efficiency improvements that would be introduced adjacent to a number of building
façades may slightly affect their visual setting. However the proposal would have no
direct impact on the fabric of any building including its façades or associated
awnings. There would be locations where traffic would be brought closer to heritagelisted
building frontages with associated awnings. This may increase the chance of
high-sided vehicles striking these awnings due to the reduced separation distance
between kerb edge and the awning. This has been considered as a hazard that
would be managed through implemented traffic management controls (refer to
section 6.14).
In summary the heritage-items whose context and setting would be marginally
compromised as a result of the proposal would include the following:
NW1: Kent Street: Watch House Terrace (state listed), Red Cross House (state
listed), Commercial Terrace Group (locally listed), Andrews Bros warehouse
(locally listed) and the Ambassador warehouse (locally listed)
NW2: King Street: The Grace building (state listed), former unnamed
warehouse (locally listed), ‘Ashdown & Co’ building (locally listed) and the
‘Sydney Arcade’ building (locally listed)
R2: Market Street: Gowing Bros building (locally listed), Crystal Hotel (locally
listed), Fay’s Chambers (locally listed) and the David Jones Department Store
(locally listed)
R3: Sussex Street: Unnamed building (state listed), City Bank of Sydney and
Post Office (locally listed), Foley Bros warehouse (locally listed)
R4: Clarence Street: Transport House (state listed), Watch House (state listed),
Pinnacle House (state listed), Commercial building (locally listed) and the
‘Archway Terrace’ warehouse (locally listed)
R5: York Street: The Grace Building (state listed) and the Commonwealth Bank
(locally listed)
S3: Pitt Street: Snow’s Emporium (locally listed)
C1: Griffith’s Building, Macquarie Hotel (locally listed), Ballarat House (locally
listed), Gordon House (locally listed), and Sheffield House (locally listed)
C2: College Street: Land Titles Office (state listed), St. Mary's Catholic
Cathedral and Chapter House (state listed), Cook and Phillip Park (locally
listed) and the Australian Museum (state listed).
The other potential impact relates to the former sandstone plinth to the former
palisade fence around Hyde Park (work site: C2: College Street). As the location and
extent of the plinth is not known the potential impact is unknown and would be
investigated further prior to construction, with additional safeguards and management
measures implemented accordingly (refer to Table 6-25).
Archaeological potential
Table 6-24 summarises the proposal’s potential non–Aboriginal archaeological
impacts. Appendix E provides a full assessment of all the potential archaeological
deposits described in section 6.3.2. The table describes work that would take place
with a potential to disturb the ground to a sufficient depth for there to be a potential
archaeological impact. It would relate to the following supporting work and other key
construction activities as described in Table 3-2:
Drainage work
Utility adjustments
Pedestrian island relocation
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