Marcus Clark's Railway Square emporium, Sydney, November 1927

This pic shows the construction of the extension to Marcus Clark & Co's Railway Square emporium, in George St, Sydney...

The original part of the building, seen here on the right, was built in 1912-13..this later extension was built in 1926-28...both the original building and the extension were designed by architects Spain & Cosh...

Although I wouldn't describe it as being particularly remarkable, Marcus Clark's Railway Square emporium is one of a number of older buildings in this part of town that have survived regardless...I gather it's been refurbished and repurposed a number of times over the years...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16290447 - SMH, 5th May, 1926...item on the Marcus Clark extension...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16289354 - SMH, 30th April, 1926...architect's sketch of the final building...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/244645557 - Sydney City Archives pic of the Princess Theatre (formerly Bijou Theatre) which was demolished to make way for the Marcus Clark extension...

The building to the left of the Marcus Clark extension is Wembley House...I gather it was built in 1925-26...it's arguably even less remarkable than the Marcus Clark building...yet it has also survived...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116075094

maps.app.goo.gl/2WsDCNBdVFB2xduh8 - Google 'now' view

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This is another pic from the NLA's collection of photos taken in the 1920s and 1930s by Sydney photographer Arthur Ernest Foster (d. 1958)

trove.nla.gov.au/work/10429326 -Trove link to the pic at the NLA...the slide has the date as 20/11/27...

Taken on: December 4, 2025

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