Abandoned Oz - Sydney’s George Street Demolitions

Abandoned Oz - Sydney’s George Street Demolitions - Hunter Connection is Gone

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@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

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@bushfishncook2128 7 ай бұрын

I will share this in my community tab, I definitely have at least one subscriber, I know will also enjoy your videos bro 👍

@bushfishncook2128 7 ай бұрын

Another great video by the way 👍

@hamishmacintyre4600 7 ай бұрын

The Hunter Connection really was a nasty grimey little arcade however what is undeniable is that it was the best and cheapest place to go in that part of town for a quick lunch. RIP HC.

@tonymccarthy6713 7 ай бұрын

Good stuff Phil. Great to see the old photos of Sydney. I think that people seemed happier in those days. Keep up the good work.

@apb1441 7 ай бұрын

The Grass is greener on the other side... However I do think that people these days are too obsessed with the next material item that brings short enjoyment rather than being content with what they have and enjoying the company of others like in the good old days, whatever the good old days are to you

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

They were definitely happier times!

@Flutterbyby 7 ай бұрын

Homeless on the city streets, so many.

@k.vn.k 7 ай бұрын

Way less than Canada or US but definitely more than a few years ago.

@_chillblaine 6 ай бұрын

RIP the last food court in the city where I could grab lunch without breaking my bank.

@phamnguyenductin 7 ай бұрын

That Tenko Mori shop served one of my first meals when I first arrived in Sydney. How fast the city has changed within just 2 years.

@prazzo1232 7 ай бұрын

I used to walk through there every day for a decade! And it never changed 🤣🤣🤣

@michaelhatherly6508 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update - shared

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

No worries mate! Cheers for watching and sharing :)

@OnCountry. 7 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video,keep up the great work. ✌🏽✌🏽

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Thanking you! :)

@kyliecook8889 7 ай бұрын

Love the video and update

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@Elitist20 7 ай бұрын

All the hoardings have vintage photos from the City of Sydney Archives - they have an amazing collection that you can search online, covering Sydney from the 19th century to today.

@MiltBrady 7 ай бұрын

fantastic, thank you

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

No problem :)

@static-san 7 ай бұрын

It's a bit of a shame because the link from Wynyard to Hunter Connection hadn't been re-opened for all that long before Hunter Connection was closed. But you're right about it being a step back in time. It really was a time capsule and hadn't been updated in a long time, if ever. It also had lots of steps and sub-levels so terrible for accessibility. The newer section to Pitt St is still open, by the way, as it was a different building. The back is, of course, closed off, so it's now a single-ended indoor mall. You probably did a video of it but I still low-key mourn the loss of Wynyard Ramp and its unique character. But the new entrance can cater for a *lot* more commuters entering or exiting the station, which is why they did it, similar to what's been done on the Town Hall concourse over the last few decades.

@davechristian7543 7 ай бұрын

Only if you new Sydney in the 80s n even the 90s it was still a great city but sadly nothing much like today, it truly saddens me now wat Sydney has become n that sydney vib has long gone now at least by 2 decades. yes once the Olympics came to town n the 2000s came rolling in it really started to change for the worse ..

@tobys_transport_videos 5 ай бұрын

I grew up in Sydney and it was a toilet long before the 2000 Olympics! (Please learn to spell!😵‍💫)

@265hemi7 7 ай бұрын

Nice 👍, found you via one of my own Australian subscribers. I've subbed and will share to my own channel ! . Melbourne, Victoria .

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you much! 😊😊😊

@just_passing_through 7 ай бұрын

Was there a bar in the Hunter Connection? I seem to recall a bar being there back in the early 80s, when I worked on the 40th floor of the Australia Square Tower building.

@daveg2104 7 ай бұрын

I think there were quite a few bars over the years. The only one that I remember is the 747 bar - decked out like the interior of, possibly a 747? I never flew on a 747. Certainly a commercial passenger jet of some sort though.

@just_passing_through 7 ай бұрын

@@daveg2104 That’s the one I was thinking of, or the Jungle Bar. but wasn’t sure if they were in the Hunter. Man, I spent quite a few nights there after work. Great times. I was such an innocent young lad in the 80s.

@daveg2104 7 ай бұрын

@@just_passing_through When Phil went down the escalators to the blocked off passage, I'm sure the 747 Bar was just down there on the left. It was a long time ago though.

@tobys_transport_videos 5 ай бұрын

I remember Wynyard with Dark Blue and Cream tiles, twin ramps to George St, originally a Maccas tucked away on one side near the centred railway ticket offices, the Hunter Connection being an eatery full of office workers, another Maccas in the row of shops on the ramp, a Hungry Jacks at the top of the left hand ramp at George St, a Commonwealth Bank on George St near the ramps, narrow escalators going up to Wynyard Lane, a St George Bank across the road on George St, and yet another Maccas on the corner of Hunter and George Sts. Of course there were State Transit buses everywhere on George St, and trams being an historic subject, but not seen in George St since November 1958! Now the city has changed BIG TIME!!! 😮 Oh, and I remember *_VERY WELL_* the six wooden escalators going from the concourse to York St, and buses parked in York St.

@bert23337 7 ай бұрын

Sydney is not a beautiful place now. It gets uglier by the day. Hundreds of beautiful buildings have been destroyed and with them the shops, pubs, theatres and life that used to be in the city.

@someoneunseen5168 7 ай бұрын

Yep, Frankies Pizza RIP.

@teamd57a26 7 ай бұрын

So true No more culture

@MrToryhere 6 ай бұрын

I disagree. There have been plenty of really good new developments in the CBD over the last 20 years that have improved things mightily. Remember how seedy and run down the half of the CBD from Park Street down to Central used to be. Now it has been revitalised. I’ve been working in the CBD for 40 years and never has it been as good as it is now.

@Danger_Mouse_00 7 ай бұрын

I wish they get rid of all those dann bicycles that are just left laying around.

@PaulDouglas-i5m 7 ай бұрын

Got the Same thing here in the UK..........

@tranmere292 7 ай бұрын

I don't know if you've seen the book By Muscle of Man & Horse, by Bill Phippen, and published by the Australian Railway Historical Society. It describes in detail the huge disruption to the city that occurred during what I guess was the last great period of railway construction under the city from 1916 to 1932. For all the new changes, the Metro project is far less disruptive thanks to 100 years of building progress, I would guess.

@aquamonkee 6 ай бұрын

The huge areas knocked down for this metro I'm putting money down they all rise back being complete garbage just go back to 0:20 in the video and look at what a lifeless dump the main entrance to Wynyard station is

@nathanodgers3184 7 ай бұрын

Good stuff. To be honest I was never a huge fan of the Connection. Last time I recall being in there, the food court seemed really dingy. I do remember ducking in there in a terrific electrical storm once though!

@Woodland26 7 ай бұрын

the underground passages would restore in future to allow interchange between the Metro and Wynyard station? Also would Hunter St station have underground passage to connect to Martin Place?

@daveg2104 7 ай бұрын

Yes. Well, that is the plan, anyway.

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Wynyard, Hunter Street Metro, Martin Place Metro and Sydney Trains will all be connected

@PerfectlyAnywhere 7 ай бұрын

Hi, just want to say I've been watching your videos for awhile now after stumbling on a video of yours a year ago I love you videos I find them very entertaining. I'm just wondering I recently caught a bus from Hornsby to Thornleigh Bunnings and seen two of your QR Code stickers on two sign post there and I'm just wondering if there's something you've filmed there?

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Hi there! :) Cheers for your support! Oh yes i remember putting those there a while ago. There wasn’t anything in the vicinity at the time. I was just putting the stickers around to try grow the channel :)

@TabJH 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ thankyou

@curleyduck 7 ай бұрын

Been documenting all this myself

@alimfuzzy 7 ай бұрын

I hope they somehow bring back the Chinese food court. That was my favourite place to eat.

@PollyDollyBabe 7 ай бұрын

Very, very sad. Sydney Australia will never be the same. Every time I look at all the big buildings, I think of all those scoundrels that messed Australia up. Let's face it how can a person make that kind of bucks from the 9 to 5 job. Sorry Sydney, you should never have been involved in any wars . Never been your business. What goes up must come down . Thank you for this time-consuming video. Appreciate you.

@patrolmaverick 7 ай бұрын

Is there any updates on Harbourside, or is it still just an empty block of land?

@daveg2104 7 ай бұрын

A big hole in the ground.

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

There’s a decent hole in the ground now. I’ll go back and have a video up in earlyish June :)

@MikeHuntSchmelz 7 ай бұрын

The new buildings look so soulless. I hope they look better when they're built.

@peterelvery 7 ай бұрын

"Transport Vlog" has a comprehensive detailed video covering what is and isn't going.

@mrbenwong86 7 ай бұрын

285 and 296 George Street is heritage listed, they will never remove it.

@ronvorbach1464 3 ай бұрын

Past history may be repeated ,Unexpected fires have been known to erase heritage listed dwellings ,not saying that I get sus every time one goes up.

@Roberto-Pandak-Bayot 7 ай бұрын

Modernising the city's architecture.

@andyg9872 7 ай бұрын

Hunter Connection was great for a cheap lunch . The old food courts were so much better

@JocelynCreek 7 ай бұрын

Dammit they had good food there. And you could stay dry.

@ForTheBirbs 7 ай бұрын

I was around there last week but didn't get the chance to look at the old pics. Cheer Phil

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

They’ll be there for a while :) Cheers for watching mate :)

@vilijanac 7 ай бұрын

I am from Marsfield, I never liked massive new build and importation of immigrants into Australia.

@AbandonedOZ 7 ай бұрын

Oooh i work in Marsfield! Very cool. It’s all changing so quickly :(

@michaelhorne8366 7 ай бұрын

Should I point out the irony of a man who, based on his screen name and accent is an obvious immigrant (or the descendent of one), complaining about immigration? I like immigrants who *don't* complain about the country that accepted them. Pull your head in mate. You're welcome to return home at any time.

@ronvorbach1464 3 ай бұрын

Sydney is being gutted. People aren`t going in to the city because of working from home . People are avoiding Sydney because it is being striped of it`s character . So many favourite`s are gone and being replaced by cold heartless dwelling not far removed from the design of a morgue. Looks like every thing is going up market to a city that only the very rich can afford. Cities need to be crowded to have atmosphere . This becomes a plus for outer retail and tourists centres ,especially the new WSI . Recently the wife and I went in to Sydney to check out the Martin place station and Barangaroo station together with the Ferry ride to Parramatta. If we don`t return to Sydney in the next 20 or so years we wont miss it. To us it is dead.