Grace Hotel (Bangkok)
The Grace Building is a heritage-listed building of the Australian non-residential architectural styles#Federation Skyscraper Gothic, Federation Skyscraper Gothic style that houses a Bar (establishment), bar, hotel, cafe and restaurant and is located at 77-79 York Street, Sydney, York Street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. Designed by Morrow and Gordon and built by Kell & Rigby during the late 1920s, it was opened in 1930 by Grace Brothers, the Australian department store magnates, as their headquarters. "The building was designed to use the first two storeys in the manner of a department store. The remaining storeys were intended to provide rental office accommodation for importers and other firms engaged in the softgoods trade". Inspired by the Gothic Revival architecture, neo-Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago—headquarters of the ''Chicago Tribune''—the building was of the Art Deco architectural style and had state-of-the-art innovations ...
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York Street, Sydney
York Street is a street in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. York Street runs in a north to south direction only and is used predominantly by buses from the northern districts of Sydney. Route From its northern terminus at the junction of Grosvenor Street with the Bradfield Highway, York Street runs south past Wynyard railway station, with major intersections at King and Market streets. The southern terminus of York Street is at Druitt Street, adjacent to the Sydney Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building. Between Market Street and Druitt Street, traffic is restricted to buses, bicycles and service vehicles only. The City Circle and North Shore railway lines run under York Street. History Named in 1810 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie after the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second eldest child, and second son, of King George III, and brother of King William IV. It was originally known as Barracks Row as it began at the old ...
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