From Cesspit to Hip Centre – Behind the Chippendale Revival
Australian Financial Review by Stephen Todd, 27 September 2016
If you’d asked me a few years ago what I thought of Chippendale, I’d have had to admit that, while I appreciate 18th century English baroque cabinetry, it’s perhaps a tad too elaborate for my taste. Ask me today what I think of Chippendale, and the first thing that springs to mind is that inner-Sydney suburb now synonymous with urban cool.
Buzzy galleries, innovative restaurants, architect-designed apartments, a fantastic boutique hotel (and another on the way), the area is a fine example of clever adaptive reuse and the venue of choice for launches, lunches and hip happenings.