City lights
Are the days of commuting to far-flung suburbs coming to an end? The pace at which dwelling units in remodeled old inner-city commercial buildings are being snapped up suggests a change t. the metropolitan lifestyle of, say, New Yorkers and Parisians who can walk to work and have restaurants, theaters and city nightlife on their doorstep. To cater to the demand, a rash of recycling projects has erupted. On these four pages, we look at two outstanding conversions already completed in Sydney.
The 48 elegant one, two and three bedroom units in “City Mews” bear no resemblance to the humble weatherboard cottages that stood in Buckland Street, Chippendale a century ago. But the conversion of the building from a printing plant — most recent of many light industries to occupy it — marks a residential reincarnation of this city-fringe area named for its first owner. In 1819, the 90 acres of land granted to William Chippendale, a wealthy Englishman, lay outside the southern limits of Sydney. Establishment of Tooth’s brewery in 1835 attracted various supportive industries, and houses for their workers followed. In 1919 a three-storey building (now “City Mews”) replaced a row of brick terrace houses. This was strengthened after fires in 1927—so well that it can now claim a fire- resistant rating better than most contemporary high-rise units.
Architect John Johns has given each unit a covered terrace, with awning and window boxes (and from the terrace shown at far left, a view of another commercial building across the street now being converted into apartments). He has also taken pains to preserve the original warehouse character with exposed sand stock brick walls and heavy timber columns. A lift and a garbage disposal chute serve each level, and thick Berber carpeting covers the foyer and every unit.
April 27th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
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