Running back through my list of projects that never were, is Eveleigh North Rail Yard in Sydney, Australia (see also Kangaroo Point Resort and Marina).
This image is as in 2024. In the last years of the Carr government of NSW, I was project director for the rail yard redevelopment. The site is in the yellow perimeter below.
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| Eveleigh North Rail Yard Development Precinct |
The site is about 12 hectares. The left hand end is a few small buildings and waste land. The middle is disused (or now underused) train stabling sheds. Maybe historical curiosities, but not worth keeping to obstruct major beneficial development: after all, life is not a spectator sport. We need to build for the future, not enshrine the aged technologies of the past as though society was stationary.
The far right hand 1/3 is some heritage buildings, which were to be rightfully retained and reused, some old 'non-heritage' buildings and a bunch of waste land and junk.
The development concept is below. Total estimated cost at the time was between $300m and $500m.It could have gone higher but we had some aviation restrictions along with the plan for a city heliport. The development would have been a fabulous counterpart to the Eveleigh South rail yard development which you can see in the photo below the development site.
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| Eveleigh North Rail Yard Re-development Concept |
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