Surry Hills 9: The Northcott

The most famous, sometimes notorious, public housing estate in Surry Hills is The Northcott; I posted on it in January 2007. When I visited Surry Hills Library yesterday I took the Casio.

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While their new building in Crown Street is under construction — due to be finished soon — the Library is working out of The Northcott’s Community Centre.

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Looking from the Community Centre back into The Northcott.

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Always pays to look down…

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View from the Community Centre into Ward Park

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Ward Park 1

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Ward Park 2. Note the planting of drought-resistant native grasses.

— original photos by Neil Whitfield 2008.