Urban Renewal In Pyrmont And Barangaroo Areas

Barangaroo is located in central Sydney in the suburb of the “The Rocks”. It is positioned next to the harbor on the western edge of the CBD. The Barangaroo area covers a surface area of 22 km2. Suburbs around Barangaroo include, Millers Point, Darling Harbour and Dawes Point.

In 1900, Pyrmont was an important port and industrial area, with a population of almost 30 000 people. There was a wide range of industries and services present including wharves, dockyards, warehouses, abattoirs, wool stores, railway yards and even an incinerator for the disposal of Sydney’s waste. It was deemed a working-class suburb with a predominantly Irish/Catholic population. As the income for Pyrmont was only modest, semi-detached cottages were the most common type of housing present.

Over a period of time, parts of cities tend to decay in the sense that they are not as modern as other parts or they have simply been neglected. This may include disused factories, railway yards and dockyard areas as well as residential areas. This process is known as urban decay and effected areas are often referred to as ‘blighted zones’ of the city. In the case of Sydney, urban decay is evident in the poorer quality terrace housing suburbs such as Newtown, Pyrmont, Ultimo, Glebe and Redfern, former railway workshops and yards such as Eveleigh in Redfern, former dock and railway areas in Darling Harbour and Pyrmont and former factory areas in Zetland and Rhodes. (ref. map on page 4).

If we look at the data corresponding to municipalities that are classified as outer suburb, we can observe that Caledon has the fastest rate of growth from 1971 to 1981, Vaughan has the fastest rate of growth from 1981 to 1991 and 2001, and Brampton has the fastest rate of growth from 1971 to 2006 compared to other 13 municipalities listed under outer suburb. Below is the rate of change in population for Caledon, Vaughan, and Brampton that respectively have the highest rates of growth from 1971 to 2006. Please refer to Appendix for other municipalities data.

"Urban consolidation is the process of increasing or maintaining the density of housing in established residential areas. The ultimate aim of urban consolidation is to reduce development on the fringe areas of the city. It is often realised by densification, high-rise development and urban renewal." The process of Urban Consolidation involves an increase in the number of houses or apartments within existing areas so that they can have more efficient use of services and reduce the impact on the environment. Urban Consolidation is used as a means to reduce the total amount of land needed to house the population. Ultimately it is through the; demographics and population, changing nature of the built environment, and transport, that a study of urban consolidation in chatswood can be underaken.

Urban regeneration is defined as improving an area that has been experiencing a period of decline due to a variety of reasons, such as lack of employment, lack of investment in the CBD, suburbanisation etc. Ways that this can be resolved include property led regeneration, prestige project developments and partnership development schemes. These have all been carried out in the UK recently due to urban decline in some areas, and some have been more successful in others, in terms of its effectiveness on the location, effectiveness on problems that existed beforehand and the effect on the local community. Most importantly, the

Urban consolidation was designed with the hope of improving the economic competency, social equity and environmental sustainability of Pyrmont during the rapid population increase. This design has definitely been proven positive to many prosperous multimillion industries and telecommunication and entertainment companies based in Pyrmont such as; ABC, Star City Casino and Channel 10. This urban consolidation and renewal has also had a significant impact on the surrounding residents as the area becomes more expensive, desirable and

Gentrification is any form of urban renewal that ultimately displaces the occupying demographic. It also refers to the shifts in a community lifestyle that includes an increase of wealthier residents and businesses,

The richness of this architecture can still be seen today in most of the buildings.

Another area currently going through urban decay and renewal is the Rhodes peninsula. The area had been associated with Sydney's industrial history since the 1900's when in 1928 Timbrol, a chemical making company, decided to relocate there. After then many more companies in a similar industry decided to move there as well. The chemical era in Rhodes had stopped by the 1980's but the land was unable to house residential apartments because of the contamination left by the chemical plants, it therefore went into decay. This left a large spot of 23ha unable to be used for any type of commercial, residential or industrial buildings. In the late 90's the area was recognised for its potential and was fully redeveloped, getting rid of any chemicals that may have been there from the factories. The result of the redevelopment has seen many more companies of a commercial type want to have offices there. This increased the interest to live in the area, which therefore made developers build many more high to mid density buildings in the

There are many ancient buildings that have withstood the test of time because of their construction and architecture. Some have undergone various renovations, others total reconstructions. A few locations of such happenings include these:

Modern development and populace development profoundly changed the substance of the country's urban communities. Clamor, roads turned parking lots, ghettos, air contamination, and sanitation and medical issues got to be distinctly typical. Mass travel, as trolleys, link autos, and metros, was manufactured, and high rises started to overwhelm city horizons. New people group, known as rural areas, was assembled just past the city. Suburbanites, the individuals who lived in suburbia and went all through the city for work, started to increment in

Gentrification is a practice that cultivates social displacement. This change is revealed in the change of the neighborhoods environmental aesthetics, engrossed by the belief that a rebirth of the older city was in the making.

With new malls and excitements in residential areas, communities started to set their minds on forming larger suburbs to bring in more

In Linda Sutton excerpt she stated that urban renewal uprooted families, friendships and the unity felt within the community as well. Hearing testimonies from people who have witnessed the past and present effects of urban renewal was rather upsetting. As well, as it was eye-opening to hear the effects of urban renewal from a personal point of view. I believe their stories have given great insight to resident’s emotions towards urban renewal. In addition, it was informative to hear the true intentions behind urban renewal in class, but hearing the effects as it pertained to actual residents through these excerpts was heartbreaking. Each testimony given expressed some form of pain towards the situation. In conclusion, these testimonies informed