Hunter Street, Sydney

Hunter Street located in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia is one of the oldest streets in Sydney.[1] It runs from George Street in the west to Macquarie Street in the east. The street was originally named Bell Street. It is named after Governor Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales.[2]

A 2010 view of Hunter Street from George Street and as it appeared in the early 1900s

Hunter Street New South Wales
Norwich Chambers, corner of Hunter and Bligh Streets, 1890
Western end Eastern end
Coordinates	33°51′56″S 151°12′26″E (Western end) 33°51′59″S 151°12′44″E (Eastern end)
General information
Type	Street
Length	800 m (0.5 mi)
Major junctions
Western end	George Street Sydney CBD
	Pitt Street Castlereagh Street Elizabeth Street Phillip Street
Eastern end	Macquarie Street Sydney CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
Major suburbs	Sydney CBD

In the 1860s the street housed the glove shop of 'Sharp Lewis' whose large gloved hand swung over the footpath. Next door were the 'Parrot Brothers', who supplied footwear to the people of Sydney.[3] The site of the old Norwich Chambers on the corner of Bligh Street was once occupied by a dentist named Smythe and later was the office of the solicitor William Barker.[4] It was built in 1886 and demolished in 1922.[5] The heritage-listed office building Perpetual Trustee Company Building at 33–39 Hunter Street is the only example of Edwardian architecture on Hunter Street.[6] Hunter Street is perhaps most famous for housing Frankie's Pizza By The Slice, a famous rock music bar and nightclub located at 55 Hunter Street. Frankie's closed in 2022 to make way for a Sydney Metro station.[7] Originally two-way throughout, in February 1987 the Pitt to George Street section was converted to one-way in a westerly direction.[8][9][10]