Poor old Parramatta Road - our could-be high street pays a heavy toll
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Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
January 22, 2021 â 11.34am
January 22, 2021 â 11.34am
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A high street is one of the worldâs great joys. Not all cities have them. Some, like Canberra, have only roads and motorways. Sydney, which inherited this lovely urban meme from old London, has some of the finest. Yet, it seems, weâre intent on destroying them. Stranger still, the greatest threat to one of our oldest and most important high streets is the very device that was meant to save it.