User:Tony Rodi
Commercial Development versus Heritage[edit]
The Gateway Site and East Circular Quay.[edit]
The Landing Site Of the First Fleet (26th of January 1788) at Sydney Cove, and East Circular Quay - Sydney Opera House Precinct.
Semi-Circular Quay[edit]
A proposal by Sydney Opera House Stage 3 Architect, Lionel Todd and Associate Tony Rodi,
envisaged a revitalised Circular Quay which respected both the Sydney Opera House Precinct,
and The Landing Site Of the First Fleet, referred to as The Gateway Site.
Semi-circular Quay
- The Semi-Circular Quay proposal showed landscaped plazas to the north, extended an extra twenty four metres.
- Landscaped plazas south of the Cahill Expressway, in front of Customs House, along the length of Alfred Street,
- Landscaped roof terraces over restaurants and cafes, linking with the Botanic Gardens over Macquarie Street,
- Leaving clear views of the Sydney Opera House from the main pedestrian approach.
The proposal envisioned the demolition of Circular Quay railway station, and relocation of an entire transport interchange below plaza level, allowing for four ferry wharves at plaza level. Paul Johnson and Tony Rodi had proposed in 1981, that the Gateway Site, the Landing Site of the First Fleet, be the venue for a reconciliation ceremony with the establishment of a treaty between the Australian Government, and the indigenous original owners of the land, the Aboriginal people.