Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Downing Centre


The Downing Centre is a large court house complex on Liverpool Street that features local courts, district courts and a law library. This iconic building was originally known as 'The Piazza' and was the site of Mark Foy's department store which operated here from 1909 to 1980. Following its demise, another iconic department store called Grace Brothers traded at this site until 1983 before the building fell into disuse. Thankfully the building was acquired by the New South Wales Justice Department which partially restored it when they converted into a legal facility.

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