Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Broadway

Street at the western edge of Sydney's central business district which gives its name to the locality around it.

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Broadway

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After George Street West was widened in the 1930s, the name Broadway soon caught on, though the road had been the gateway to Sydney since early colonial days. A microscosm of the city, this place has seen industry, poverty, religion, commerce and redevelopment and repurposing of its buildings and surrounding areas.