Sydney East

The developed designs for the new childcare and community centre at 277 Bourke Street and an update on new green spaces were showcased at a community information session on Saturday 13 April at Heffron Hall.

View the plans in our Library:

Darlinghurst Childcare & Community Centre Update - Part A

Darlinghurst Childcare & Community Centre Update - Part B

Darlinghurst Childcare - Drop off zones

East Sydney Small Parks update

In June we consulted the community on the concept design for improvement works to Foley Street to help activate the laneway by providing a safe and appealing pedestrian link between Oxford and Crown Street, with opportunities for outdoor dining and greater street connection for local businesses. The plan includes a timed road closure between Crown Street and Burton Street.

An exciting new theatre in Burton Street Darlinghurst will raise its curtain in early 2013. The Eternity Playhouse is named after the work of local folk hero Arthur Stace. The former Burton Street parishioner wrote the word Eternity on Sydney's streets in a beautiful copperplate script after becoming inspired by a stirring sermon.

Council has endorsed the creation of a new green space along Berwick Lane between Palmer Street and Palmer Lane. With the conversion of 277 Bourke Street into a childcare centre, the current small preschool in Palmer Lane will be retained by the City of Sydney and converted into green space. Community members have already suggested the site would make a terrific community garden. Stay tuned for your chance to get involved in planning the future of this new green space.

A successful community meeting took place on 1 December to discuss the proposal for a new childcare centre at 277 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst. The creative design solution gained strong support from the community. The  innovative design keeps Berwick Lane open to pedestrians by linking the childcare centre to the playground via a raised walkway. A raised deck area provides a sunlit outdoor playspace among existing trees with a ramp down to a lower playground. A roof top play area for babies is also part of the design. You can view the new design solution here.

Thank you to those of you who drop in to see the plans for Albert Sloss Reserve, Palmer St Darlinghurst on Saturday, 9 February. The plans are now available online for you to view and comment on.