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Table 6-39
Local landscape sensitivity – summary
Landscape
character zone
Overview description
Landscape
character and
sensitivity to
change
Work site
Streetscape
sensitivity to change
Zone 1: north
west
Zone 2: retail
Modern and historic development coincides. Certain
historic warehouses remain, providing reference to the
area’s development history. As with the retail precinct
there is an architectural emphasis on the buildings
located at key intersections, which lends to the
distinctive character of the area.
The area’s history is evidenced in the early warehouses
that, in part, have been retained and redeveloped
through a process of gentrification. Some of the
warehouses have given way to medium-story 19 th and
20 th century masonry buildings, which are of a
consistent scale, form and character. There is an
architectural emphasis on the buildings located at key
intersections, which lends to the distinctive character of
the area.
Good quality
however a
negligible-tolow
sensitivity
to change in the
context of the
proposal
NW1: King Street
NW2: Kent Street
R1: Park Street
R2: Market Street
R3: Sussex Street
R4: Clarence Street
R5: York Street
Low-moderate
Subzone 3a:
Haymarket
Haymarket area contains remnant warehouses and
service lanes characteristic of the areas market history.
The area offers evidence of its development and later
decline. Despite this, it retains a market atmosphere
characterised by a diversity of uses, street life and
social and ethnic mix.
S1: Sussex Street
S3: Pitt Street
Subzone 3b:
Central Station
Railway Square forms a major visual and functional
gateway. Pitt Street/George Street is a busy large
intersection dispersing traffic and pedestrians into and
out of the city. The current civic heritage of the area is
evident in the built form and structure. It provides
important reference to the current and past.
S6: Pitt Street
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