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Downing Centre

The Downing Centre, originally known as Mark Foy's Piazza Store, is a heritage-listed former department store and now courthouse complex in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It features state government courts, including the Local Court, the District Court, and a law library known as the Downing Centre Library. The Downing Centre forms part of the…

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MelbourneCollingwoodEuropeSan FranciscoMark Foy's
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Heritage-listedCourthouseSydneyNew South WalesLocal Court
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Owner
Government of New South Wales
Location
302 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Architect
Arthur Anderson
Architects
Spain and Cosh · Ross & Rowe
Architectural style
Interwar Stripped Classical
Architecture firm
McCredie & Anderson

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Downing Centre

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Downing Centre

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related to Attribution · 15
Downing Centre → CC-BY, Database, December, Environment, Forecourt, Former, Heritage, Including Interiors, Mark Foy's Emporium, New South Wales, New South Wales Heritage, Office, State, Sydney Downing Centre, This Wikipedia
Type · 3
Downing Centre → Built, Court house (current use), Emporium (original use)
Architects · 2
Downing Centre → Ross & Rowe, Spain and Cosh
related to Gallery · 2
Downing Centre → Castlereagh StreetMuseum, Centre
Architect · 1
Downing Centre → Arthur Anderson
Architectural style · 1
Downing Centre → Interwar Stripped Classical
Architecture firm · 1
Downing Centre → McCredie & Anderson
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Downing Centre → Mark Foy's
Construction started · 1
Downing Centre → 1901
Coordinates · 1
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Downing CentreArchitectArthur Anderson1.00infobox
Downing CentreArchitectsSpain and Cosh1.00infobox
Downing CentreArchitectsRoss & Rowe1.00infobox
Downing CentreArchitectural styleInterwar Stripped Classical1.00infobox
Downing CentreArchitecture firmMcCredie & Anderson1.00infobox
Downing CentreClientMark Foy's1.00infobox
Downing CentreConstruction started19011.00infobox
Downing CentreCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Downing CentreDesignated2 April 19991.00infobox
Downing CentreEtymologyReg Downing, Attorney General and Minister for Justice1.00infobox
Downing CentreFloor count81.00infobox
Downing CentreFormer namesMark Foy's Piazza Store1.00infobox
Downing CentreLandlordDepartment of Communities and Justice1.00infobox
Downing CentreLocation302 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.00infobox
Downing CentreMain contractorDouzans Bros1.00infobox
Downing CentreMaterialBrick, iron1.00infobox
Downing CentreOfficial nameSydney Downing Centre1.00infobox
Downing CentreOpened19081.00infobox
Downing CentreOwnerGovernment of New South Wales1.00infobox
Downing CentreReference no.0003931.00infobox
Downing CentreRenovated1924 19851.00infobox
Downing CentreStatusCompleted1.00infobox
Downing CentreTypeEmporium (original use)1.00infobox
Downing CentreTypeCourt house (current use)1.00infobox
Downing CentreTypeBuilt1.00infobox
Downing Centrelocated inthe Sydney central business district0.90text

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