Downing Centre
New South Wales, Australia
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Downing Centre, a heritage-listed courthouse complex in Sydney's central business district, occupies a prominent site on Liverpool Street between Elizabeth and Castlereagh Streets, opposite Hyde Park. Originally constructed in 1908 as Mark Foy's Piazza Store, a two-storey Art Nouveau building designed by Arthur Anderson, the structure underwent major extensions and alterations between 1927 and 1930 by Spain and Cosh in collaboration with other architects. Renamed the Downing Centre in 1991 to honour former NSW Attorney General Reg Downing, it now houses state government courts including the Local Court and District Court, along with the Downing Centre Library and sheriffs offices as part of the Department of Communities and Justice. A subway connection from Castlereagh Street links the complex directly to Museum Station.
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- courthouse
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- Heritage Act — State Heritage Register
- Place
- New South Wales, Australia
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