Talk:Martin Place

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Awful photos on this page. Dark and dingy. Surely we can do better? What about some old black and white ones? Christchurch 16:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is there no mention of Channel 7 studios being based in Martin Place, ans also the fact that Sunrise comes from there!
 * It is mentioned in the Colonial Building paragraph -- Ianblair23 (talk) 12:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

There's also no mention of Martin Place being home to a lot of Macquarie Bank's offices (in the GPO building). It's a fairly big corporate icon of Australia worth mentioning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.236.169.129 (talk) 09:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Not sure if this piece of whimsical information is worthwhile, but high in the stonework of the Bank of Australasia Building there is the notation "Northern Branch". There is another building in George Street (Haymarket area - need to check address!) which has a corresponding notation chiselled into its sandstone façade: "Bank of Australasia - Southern Branch". AuFCL (talk) 11:07, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Name
There is no mention of the origin of the name of Martin Place. Who was Martin and how did this area come to be named after him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.58.188.211 (talk • contribs) 03:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

What year was it closed off to traffic?
Does anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.74.43 (talk) 20:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Occupy Sydney
OK, the latest revision (13:41 25 October) is better. My question now is this: Martin Place has been the site of thousands of events, protests, marches and whatever, over these 40 years. Without delving into the archives, I would suggest that some of them have been bigger and more significant than "Occupy Sydney" - disarmament marches of the 80s, for example. Is Occupy Sydney - which vanished as soon as three drops of water fell from the sky on Tuesday - significant enough to earn its own section in this article? Darcyj (talk) 23:22, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Suggesting that the rain made Occupy Sydney 'vanish' is facetious. Like many other Occupy sites around the world on 23 Oct Occupy Sydney was brutally evicted in an act of overzealous policing. During the eviction people were maliciously injured and incarcerated (not a trivial experience), and those that were left were marched out of the area by riot police. Three of the individuals charged are now having their cases tested in high court in defence of the right to assembly and political expression, and they will be represented by a prominent QC and team of solicitors who have offered to work pro bono. As it stands, despite ongoing police harassment and persecution, and weeks of severe winds and rain, Occupy Sydney has sustained a significant presence at Martin Place. Furthermore it is worth noting that even in its early stages Occupy Sydney was, and remains, part of a globally significant event. If you have a problem with the underrepresentation of other events at Martin Place then write them up. Whatever the case, for the impact that it has and continues to have, Occupy Sydney has certainly proven itself worthy of mention. Kirrmy (talk) 10:33, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation style
Note: There is a proposal at WT:AURD to rename this article (and others) to conform to the WP:AURDNAME guideline – specifically, using brackets instead of a comma for disambiguation. - Evad37 &#91;talk] 08:59, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Why does this article need any disambiguation? There is no ambiguity. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 16:21, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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