Harbourside Shopping Centre
1983–1988: Development and opening
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==History== |
==History== |
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===1983–1988: Development and opening=== |
===1983–1988: Development and opening=== |
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In 1983, property developer Tom Hayson was appointed by then-[[Premier of New South Wales|premier]] [[Neville Wran]] to assist with the Darling Harbour redevelopment. Hayson was inspired by the American [[festival marketplace]] format pioneered by [[James W. Rouse]], and believed a design similar to that of [[Harborplace]] could be implemented in Darling Harbour.{{cite book |last1=Docker |first1=John |title=Postmodernism and popular culture: a cultural history |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge; New York |isbn=9780521465984 |pages=98–100 |url=https://archive.org/details/postmodernismpop0000dock/page/98/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22Festival+Marketplace%22 |access-date=2025-07-25}}{{rp|p=98}} |
In 1983, property developer Tom Hayson was appointed by then-[[Premier of New South Wales|premier]] [[Neville Wran]] to assist with the Darling Harbour redevelopment. Hayson was inspired by the American [[festival marketplace]] format pioneered by [[James W. Rouse]], and believed a design similar to that of [[Harborplace]] and [[Faneuil Hall Marketplace]] could be implemented in Darling Harbour.{{cite book |last1=Docker |first1=John |title=Postmodernism and popular culture: a cultural history |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge; New York |isbn=9780521465984 |pages=98–100 |url=https://archive.org/details/postmodernismpop0000dock/page/98/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22Festival+Marketplace%22 |access-date=2025-07-25}}{{rp|p=98}} |
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Hayson invited Rouse to Australia to discuss the project in 1984. Later that year, Rouse called upon his principle planner [[Mort Hoppenfeld]] to help present the festival marketplace proposal to the government, so it could be included in the masterplan. However, the masterplan was published the day before his arrival in Australia, excluding the festival marketplace. Hoppenfeld successfully advocated the proposal to [[Laurie Brereton]], who took an executive decision to freeze the masterplan and appoint Hoppenfeld as the master planner for Darling Harbour.{{rp|p=99}} |
Hayson invited Rouse to Australia to discuss the project in 1984. Later that year, Rouse called upon his principle planner [[Mort Hoppenfeld]] to help present the festival marketplace proposal to the government, so it could be included in the masterplan. However, the masterplan was published the day before his arrival in Australia, excluding the festival marketplace. Hoppenfeld successfully advocated the proposal to [[Laurie Brereton]], who took an executive decision to freeze the masterplan and appoint Hoppenfeld as the master planner for Darling Harbour.{{rp|p=99}} |
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