MEDIA COVERAGE
Protecting Pyrmont Point
The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority has targeted a rare piece of publicly owned foreshore land for development and the Friends of Pyrmont Point have banded together to fight to protect it.
The former Water Police Site at Pyrmont has a history of public use since earliest white settlement. It was the focus of community gatherings until the 1940s when it was taken and used as wharf space. It was once a public park, with a beach and baths — these have vanished.
If the State Govemment has its way ugly development will shroud this land and conceal the historic sandstone walls forever.
This is not private land for private development.
This battle will not be won by reason and logic. As with every other significant site on Sydney Harbour, from The Rocks to Callan Park, this is a battle between passionate people and big money. The Friends of Pyrmont Point believe that enough people with enough passion and determination can win this war and save this wonderful site.
We now have a once-only opportunity to create beautiful open parkiand on a spectacular headland setting, not just for local residents, but for all of Sydney. This opportunity must not be sacrificed for short-term financial gain. The land must be returned to the people of NSW for use as public open space.
The Friends of Pyrmont Point will fight to keep this land for our children, our children’s children and for all who cherish open green space.
Marcelle Hoff
Pyrmont
The News - August 2003
