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Broadway is a road in inner city Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road constitutes the border between the suburbs of Ultimo (to the north) and Chippendale (to the south). Broadway is also an urban locality. Broadway connects the south end of George St to the junction of Parramatta Road and City Road at Victoria Park. Broadway and Parramatta Road are part of the Great Western Highway. ==History== Broadway is historically important because it is one of the first roads built in the colony of New South Wales, in 1794. It had been called "George Street South" and then "George Street West". After being widened in 1906 when the Central Railway Station was built, George Street west of Railway Square, it became known as "The Broadway".〔(Widening the streets - City of Sydney website )〕 This name was subsequently shortened to just "Broadway". In the early nineteenth century, travel to Parramatta on Parramatta Rd attracted a toll and this was charged from the area now known as Railway Square. The toll gate was subsequently moved to the approximate junction of the present Broadway and Parramatta Rd. Broadway was once a major retailing centre, and for 90 years was home to the flagship complex of department store chain Grace Brothers. The complex consisted of two stores on either side of Bay Street. It was visited by Queen Elizabeth II during her 1954 visit to Australia. Retailing on Broadway declined and the store was eventually closed in 1995. Today this site contains the Broadway Shopping Centre on the western side and the Hotel UniLodge Sydney on the eastern side. The southern side of the road was dominated by a brewery. The facility closed in December 2006 and the site was purchased by Frasers Property from the Fosters Group on 29 June 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Frasers Broadway (formerly CUB site) )〕 The site has been redeveloped into a mixed use precinct called Central Park, which includes a new public park located just off Broadway of approximately 6,500 square metres in size,〔 and a new tower called One Central Park designed by Jean Nouvel and featuring "vertical gardens" by Patrick Blanc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=One Central Park Gardens )〕 Located opposite the UTS Tower, One Central Park is an apartment complex with a shopping centre called Central located on the lower levels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Shop Central )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Broadway, Sydney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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