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City apartment boom moves Sydney’s population centre east

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Ermington homeowners Paul and Alison Henry with daughter Sidney, 2, said they love being at the centre of Sydney. Picture: Justin Lloyd. RAMPANT high- rise apartment construction in the inner city has been pulling Sydney ’s population centre east for the first time in more than 200 years of European settlement, as the housing boom pushes development up rather than out. An analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed the population centre of Sydney is now Ermington — 2km east of previous centre Rydalmere — in an area of the suburb sandwiched between Silverwater Rd and the northern bank of the Parramatta River, roughly 20km northwest of the CBD. Sydney’s centre had been south of the river in the suburb of Silverwater during the 1980s and later moved northwest to Ermington in the 1990s and west again to Rydalmere in the early 2000s before moving back to Ermington. ABS director of demography Andrew Howe said the shift east was significant considering the population centr...

Saxony Apartment Building

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Quizzes Lists Topics Save The Saxony Apartment Building is a historic apartment building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located along Ninth Street in the city's downtown, [1] this five- story brick building includes a distinctive range of architectural details. Among these elements are brick pilasters and projections, a three- story bay window on each side of the symmetrical main facade , semicircular balconies , and many stone pieces, such as pediments, keystones, and stringcourses. Due to its location at the intersection of Ninth and Race Streets, the Saxony appears to have two fronts: one onto each street. Although the Ninth Street facade is larger and more complex, the Race Street facade is nevertheless ornate as well: it features small yet elaborate semicircular balconies with wrought iron railings similar to those of the Ninth Street facade . [2] Constructed in 1891 according to a design by leading Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford , [1] the Saxony Apart...