Bar in Sydney, Australia
Marble Bar is an historic bar in Sydney, Australia. Originally constructed in the George Adams-owned O'Brien Hotel in 1893,[1] it was dismantled in 1969,[1] then moved and rebuilt in the subterranean level of the Hilton Sydney, on George Street, in 1973. It is now a heritage-listed building.[2]
The bar was designed by Varney Parkes. Its features include plate-glass mirrors, mosaic floors, cedar timbers, a domed roof, stained-glass windows and marble walls and pilasters. Fourteen paintings by Julian Ashton are hung throughout.[3][4] The only differences to the original bar is the lack of natural light, and the location of the paintings is different.[1]
Popular culture
The bar appears on the front cover of Cold Chisel's 1979 album Breakfast at Sweethearts.[1]
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