So grateful for this video. This shopping centre was incredibly important to me. Met my first girlfriend when she was working at the Glue store. Had my first ever date there at Crinitis. Had lunch here at the food court every day at my first job. Really emotional to see this again and having a chance to relive those years, nearly half my life ago. Thank you.
Speechless... I remember when it was first built. Only one or two shops were open in time to feed the bicentennial hordes- total s---tshow! For all the years it has been there, it never seemed a particularly substantial structure. Almost as if what is happening now was always on the cards. That's Sydney for you. Thanks for recording it, before it is forgotten completely. Important work!
I agree. That it was perfectly good. They could have updated the inside. Rather than spending money to rebuild it. The biggest thing is they have done this at parramatta. It now looks horrible. There is no heart or soul. Let’s demolish an entire suburb cbd and rebuild it. Gone are the many shops and the historic buildings. I wonder how they will recycle the materials.
@@tedes72it’s a waste of money rebuilding it. Shops and restaurants will be paying more to cover costs of the rebuild. It will remain vacant. This happened to the Argyle at Rocks and World Square upper levels after the monorail was torn down.
I remember them from when I lived in Sydney in the nineties and early noughties. Always made a point to pick up some fudge from there whenever I was in the area. Looking at their website, it looks like all they do now is provide pop-up cafes for events - no mention of them making fudge anymore. Hopefully they will open a new store somewhere soon.
Not sad to see it go. In the nineties I lived and worked nearby. The restaurants were overpriced, serving very average food. They existed for tourists who would not be returning. The rest of the shops were at best adequate along with the food court.
I'm from Ireland. I remember going into the British lolly shop in 2009 & placing a bag of clove rock sweets on the counter to purchase. The shop assistant, not knowing where I was from, helpfully cautioned me by saying 'I have to warn you that if you've never tried these before, they have a very sharp taste. They can be unpleasant if you're not used to them'. I laughed, told her I was Irish, had been eating them all my life & in fact had had a bag of them just a couple of days ago before leaving Ireland 🤣. I appreciated her honesty 👍🍬 😁
I actually went here with my family and my aunties family right before it closed down, it was nostalgic walking around since I havnt been there since 2012, but it was sad as everything was starting to close
@@AbandonedOZ I went to the city yesturday an as I was walkng through darling harbor, seeing all the rubble was so upsetting. I did take cool photos of the monorail station though! :)
it was so confusing to me, i arrived on Sydney december 6th 2022 and i remembered seeing the ferris wheel in darling harbour while going to my accommodation, however when i went to Darling Harbour on february it wasn’t there, i thought i maybe imagined it but thankfully it was real 😅
Looks like those videos on the death of shopping malls of the 90s in the US. I agree it’s very dated. They need to build something more innovative, modern, yet sustainable place. Darling Harbour is a central spot for visitors. It really needs to be globally competitive. Needs to have more interesting shops.
Today is Thursday 8th of December when writing this so final day have to be out is Friday 9th of december set to become units and housing Set to become an abandoned Oz video definetly nice shopping centre
Bicentanary 1988 I walked through here when it was packed taking 30 mins to get from one side to the other with Dad and siblings, good times, Ill miss the memories associated with the building.
It was a centre that never really had a soul it had a great international news agent before the internet but the restaurants were expensive and average
Why is the reasoning for the closure? I remember they had a gem store years back in the 90’s, where you could pay for a bag of gems from a huge gem pit, similar to a ball pit.
it's hard and somewhat sad to know now, almost none of the Darling Harbour 1988 vision is extant anymore. Even a lot of the tiling and decorations have changed... :/
Gee its been a long time...a long, long time since I was at DH last......I think the last time I was actually there was when Sega World was opposite......now thats going back a ways... lol
As ugly as this 1990's monstrosity is I actually miss this building as it was a short cut for me walking into the city and escaping the elements. My son told me the developer held Sydney City to ransom - there is more but I tune out as I don't care about what he says
I found this on the harbour side website Mirvac Group has submitted a revised development application for the redevelopment of its Harbourside Shopping Centre at Darling Harbour in Sydney. The redevelopment will deliver a new public domain of over 8,200 square metres and generate more than 6,100 jobs. The proposed plans for the Centre, built in 1988, provide an opportunity to transform it into a key tourism destination for Sydney and deliver a world-class mixed-use development. The proposal updates the Centre to a quality consistent with its surrounding landmark developments, including the International Convention Centre, Barangaroo and Cockle Bay Wharf. Mirvac’s Chief Investment Officer, Brett Draffen said the updated plans provide significant public domain benefits, including a widened waterfront boulevard with more seating, a new pedestrian bridge connecting to Pyrmont and a north-facing 1,500 square metre public plaza. The redevelopment is expected to deliver more than 4,000 jobs in the long-term and approximately 2,100 construction jobs during the building phase. “The new-look Harbourside Shopping Centre will provide locals and visitors alike with access to a range of open public spaces as well as improved retail, dining and entertainment options. “Around $15 billion of investment and renewal has been injected into the Precinct over the past decade, and having the opportunity to reinvent Harbourside will complete the area and link Darling Harbour to the wider Pyrmont peninsula,” Mr Draffen said. “Our plans for the Centre, developed after four years of extensive community consultation, have been significantly improved by feedback from Government, especially around the public space that will open up Darling Harbour and connect to the Pyrmont Bridge,” he said. “This is the final piece that completes Darling Harbour as a true destination for both locals and visitors, and we are very excited about the opportunity to transform this iconic site,” said Mr Draffen. Gabriel Metcalf, CEO, Committee for Sydney added, “Pyrmont is the exciting future of Sydney - and Harbourside is an important gateway. This is a welcome and exciting addition to the Darling Harbour foreshore providing significant new public space and benefit for the people of Sydney."
Blame the nsw government this harbourside shopping centre was a cultural and historical place it supports old generations and its a memorable thing I will never step foot in Sydney ever again Sydney is a dead object state everything is gone like Harbourside shopping centre Segaworld Monorail Original imax theatre Sydney convention centre Jetskiing in darling harbour before it was made illegal by Bob car back in 2000 This is a total heartbreak and a embarrassing display
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Thank you very much for recording all these.
I was the shop owner of CnW Gallery.
So grateful for this video. This shopping centre was incredibly important to me. Met my first girlfriend when she was working at the Glue store. Had my first ever date there at Crinitis. Had lunch here at the food court every day at my first job. Really emotional to see this again and having a chance to relive those years, nearly half my life ago. Thank you.
Speechless... I remember when it was first built. Only one or two shops were open in time to feed the bicentennial hordes- total s---tshow! For all the years it has been there, it never seemed a particularly substantial structure. Almost as if what is happening now was always on the cards. That's Sydney for you.
Thanks for recording it, before it is forgotten completely. Important work!
This is so sad, it's like an abandoned ghost town now 😪 good memories from Harbourside 😍
replacing a building like that is fixing something that isn't broken.
That was a perfectly good shopping centre. Sydney has a habit of building nice things then destroying them.
Nothing nice about this outdated overpriced ugly building. It’s replacement will be far superior
I agree. That it was perfectly good. They could have updated the inside. Rather than spending money to rebuild it. The biggest thing is they have done this at parramatta. It now looks horrible. There is no heart or soul. Let’s demolish an entire suburb cbd and rebuild it. Gone are the many shops and the historic buildings. I wonder how they will recycle the materials.
@@tedes72it’s a waste of money rebuilding it. Shops and restaurants will be paying more to cover costs of the rebuild. It will remain vacant. This happened to the Argyle at Rocks and World Square upper levels after the monorail was torn down.
Ironically, it's all about the money. They going to put many apartments on top of the shopping center when they rebuild it.
@@Tezastar why not people have to live somewhere
15:50 "Handmade since 1988" was the Fudge Shop. Excellent Fudge back in the day, actually. Lol.
I remember them from when I lived in Sydney in the nineties and early noughties. Always made a point to pick up some fudge from there whenever I was in the area. Looking at their website, it looks like all they do now is provide pop-up cafes for events - no mention of them making fudge anymore. Hopefully they will open a new store somewhere soon.
Thank you for this. So many memories contained in 21 minutes and 04 seconds.
it was open in 1988 Sydney’s Harbourside Shopping Centre great video @AbandonedOZ
this building gave darling harbour 50% of its culture, it wont be the same anymore
Not sad to see it go. In the nineties I lived and worked nearby. The restaurants were overpriced, serving very average food. They existed for tourists who would not be returning. The rest of the shops were at best adequate along with the food court.
I'm from Ireland. I remember going into the British lolly shop in 2009 & placing a bag of clove rock sweets on the counter to purchase. The shop assistant, not knowing where I was from, helpfully cautioned me by saying 'I have to warn you that if you've never tried these before, they have a very sharp taste. They can be unpleasant if you're not used to them'. I laughed, told her I was Irish, had been eating them all my life & in fact had had a bag of them just a couple of days ago before leaving Ireland 🤣. I appreciated her honesty 👍🍬 😁
Loved the Virgin Megastore back when it first opened!
I remember buying 2 albums there on my lunch break shortly after it opened. Can't remember what they were tho lol!
This place was packed during Vivid Sydney.
It’s my favourite Sydney shopping centre, I’m so sad to see it go
I actually went here with my family and my aunties family right before it closed down, it was nostalgic walking around since I havnt been there since 2012, but it was sad as everything was starting to close
It was actually quite emotional on my last walk through the place.
It was outdated but still an alright shopping centre :)
@@AbandonedOZ I went to the city yesturday an as I was walkng through darling harbor, seeing all the rubble was so upsetting. I did take cool photos of the monorail station though! :)
it was so confusing to me, i arrived on Sydney december 6th 2022 and i remembered seeing the ferris wheel in darling harbour while going to my accommodation, however when i went to Darling Harbour on february it wasn’t there, i thought i maybe imagined it but thankfully it was real 😅
Worked on the extension back in 98. We added level 3 and opened up the floors
The spot that said handmaid since 1988 was the fudge shop, was good fudge to
I'm going to rush this weekend to Harbourside and film my own memories before it disappears. Still remember when the Monorail stopped here :(
Looks like those videos on the death of shopping malls of the 90s in the US. I agree it’s very dated. They need to build something more innovative, modern, yet sustainable place. Darling Harbour is a central spot for visitors. It really needs to be globally competitive. Needs to have more interesting shops.
I am still missing the old harbourside shopping centre
I remember going there and seeing the stuff there back in 2012 and 2017.
Today is Thursday 8th of December when writing this so final day have to be out is Friday 9th of december set to become units and housing
Set to become an abandoned Oz video definetly nice shopping centre
Bicentanary 1988 I walked through here when it was packed taking 30 mins to get from one side to the other with Dad and siblings, good times, Ill miss the memories associated with the building.
It was a centre that never really had a soul it had a great international news agent before the internet but the restaurants were expensive and average
Why is the reasoning for the closure? I remember they had a gem store years back in the 90’s, where you could pay for a bag of gems from a huge gem pit, similar to a ball pit.
do you have any plans to explore around other parts of Australia such as Brisbane or Melbourne?
Was there in 2018, had a meal at Harbour. It's a shame it's closed.
The cellar is on a closing down sale! finally the prices will be considerable!
Will you be able to check it out again after the closure?
Yes, i’ll do an exterior video once it’s all fenced off then i’ll do demolition updates when time permits
Damn I didn't even know this place was closing down, I loved going to pancakes at the rocks
This place isn't at The Rocks.
@@Elainerulesutube but that’s what’s it called all there locations still mention the rocks
it's hard and somewhat sad to know now, almost none of the Darling Harbour 1988 vision is extant anymore. Even a lot of the tiling and decorations have changed... :/
Gee its been a long time...a long, long time since I was at DH last......I think the last time I was actually there was when Sega World was opposite......now thats going back a ways... lol
Are the restaurants on the outside staying through Christmas?
No, they’ll be closed by 9th December i believe
Great place shame it’s closing down
Go you know going to be in it's place eg: new shop's or apartment's
A new shopping centre with apartments above
@@AbandonedOZ Thats good. it wont be going to waste.
What happened is tragic. Human greed ruined darling harbour. Great video though.
That was sad
what is replacing that mall?
Units/Housing
Sad
As ugly as this 1990's monstrosity is I actually miss this building as it was a short cut for me walking into the city and escaping the elements. My son told me the developer held Sydney City to ransom - there is more but I tune out as I don't care about what he says
I found this on the harbour side website
Mirvac Group has submitted a revised development application for the redevelopment of its Harbourside Shopping Centre at Darling Harbour in Sydney.
The redevelopment will deliver a new public domain of over 8,200 square metres and generate more than 6,100 jobs.
The proposed plans for the Centre, built in 1988, provide an opportunity to transform it into a key tourism destination for Sydney and deliver a world-class mixed-use development. The proposal updates the Centre to a quality consistent with its surrounding landmark developments, including the International Convention Centre, Barangaroo and Cockle Bay Wharf.
Mirvac’s Chief Investment Officer, Brett Draffen said the updated plans provide significant public domain benefits, including a widened waterfront boulevard with more seating, a new pedestrian bridge connecting to Pyrmont and a north-facing 1,500 square metre public plaza. The redevelopment is expected to deliver more than 4,000 jobs in the long-term and approximately 2,100 construction jobs during the building phase.
“The new-look Harbourside Shopping Centre will provide locals and visitors alike with access to a range of open public spaces as well as improved retail, dining and entertainment options.
“Around $15 billion of investment and renewal has been injected into the Precinct over the past decade, and having the opportunity to reinvent Harbourside will complete the area and link Darling Harbour to the wider Pyrmont peninsula,” Mr Draffen said.
“Our plans for the Centre, developed after four years of extensive community consultation, have been significantly improved by feedback from Government, especially around the public space that will open up Darling Harbour and connect to the Pyrmont Bridge,” he said.
“This is the final piece that completes Darling Harbour as a true destination for both locals and visitors, and we are very excited about the opportunity to transform this iconic site,” said Mr Draffen.
Gabriel Metcalf, CEO, Committee for Sydney added, “Pyrmont is the exciting future of Sydney - and Harbourside is an important gateway. This is a welcome and exciting addition to the Darling Harbour foreshore providing significant new public space and benefit for the people of Sydney."
I remember seeing this being built when I was going to Tafe in Sydney back in 1987-89, this the whole lot going to be demolished?
Yes!
@@benwilson5729 wow what a waste
Yeah, the original convention centre was probably finished in 1989. It was behind schedule.
Blame the nsw government this harbourside shopping centre was a cultural and historical place it supports old generations and its a memorable thing I will never step foot in Sydney ever again Sydney is a dead object state everything is gone like
Harbourside shopping centre
Segaworld
Monorail
Original imax theatre
Sydney convention centre
Jetskiing in darling harbour before it was made illegal by Bob car back in 2000
This is a total heartbreak and a embarrassing display