Stanley Street is a small street in the
East Sydney locale, which is part of the suburb of
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. ...
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Sydney,
New South Wales
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Description
Stanley Street is primarily residential, but was the centre of Sydney's original Italian community in the 1950s and 1960s, and was subsequently part of Sydney's first "
Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are ...
". Many Italian restaurants and cafes still line the street, and the street is home to the annual ''Primo Italiano'' festival.
The
Bondi via
Paddington
Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Padd ...
tramway ran down Stanley Street until its closure and replacement by buses in 1960.
[D. Keenan. ''Tramways of Sydney''. Transit Press 1979.]
See also
References
{{Streets of Sydney Australia
Streets in Sydney
Little Italys in Australia
Restaurant districts and streets in Australia
Darlinghurst, New South Wales