Paddington
Historic hillside quarter of restored Victorian terrace houses laced with ornate cast-iron balconies.
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This guide to Paddington in Sydney starts with a 1947 planning map that marked this hillside neighborhood of Victorian terraces for demolition, and the slide into slum conditions that made the plan seem reasonable. It follows the artists, students, and residents who moved in on cheap rent through the 1950s and 60s, and the fight the Paddington Society picked with the state over widening Jersey Road. Look up at the cast-iron balcony lace known locally as Paddington lace.
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