No 1 Church Street, Pyrmont, isn't there any more. In fact the whole street has gone. If you are planning to take to the air in Pyrmont some time soon it was near the intersection of Harris Street and John Street south of Pirrama Park.

This image from a glass plate negative was taken in 1900-1901 or thereabouts, not long before the road was bulldozed clean off the map with the march of gentrification, such as it was in Pyrmont.

1 Church Street, Pyrmont. Credit:Charles Kent

The photograph was to go on exhibition at Customs House but the coronavirus pandemic has put those plans on hold for now. Condemned properties were photographed before demolition by the City of Sydney council perchance any dispute arose subsequently.

The full caption reads: A woman stands next to a timber lean-to at the back of a 5-roomed stone cottage at 1 Church Street, Pyrmont. The backyard is a quarried sandstone platform, typical of the geological landform of this area. The yard is cluttered with barrels, bottles, plants and old furniture. In 1902, the council issued an order for the tenant and owner to demolish the building.