Martin Place

Romance never goes out of style 💐

Flower stands in Martin Place, October 1933
📷: City of Sydney Archives

Experience the magic at the Martin Place Christmas tree

From Saturday 26 November, we’ll be brightening up Martin Place every night from 6pm. The whole family can enjoy a range of choirs and the spectacle of our dynamic Christmas tree light show.

SMS the Christmas tree
Make your mark on our iconic 21 metre high Christmas tree by sharing the joy of Christmas via text on 048 SYD XMAS and watch your message light up the tree for everyone to see. Terms and conditions apply.

Christmas tree light show
Every night from 26 November to 24 December
8.30pm to 9.15pm

Martin Place carols in the city
Every night
26 November to 24 December
6pm to 8pm

Gelato bar
Treat yourself to a special Christmas sweet at the GPO Dessert Bar. The dessert bar will offer a range of gelato, homemade sweets, cakes, coffee, cold beverages and savoury options, with casual seating available and views of the interactive Christmas tree.

https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/martin-place-christmas-tree

Martin Place Christmas tree | What's On - City of Sydney Share the spirit of Christmas with our interactive Christmas tree in Martin Place.

Taste Orange in Sydney: Thursday September 22 2016 - Friday September 23 2016

There's a cool climate wine fest coming to Martin Place After work drinks are set to get super fancy.

The heart of the city, Martin Place, is illuminated nightly for .

Featuring 3 grand installations: Fountain, Mountain of Light and Geometrics, the precinct will become a lively after-hours hub for city workers and visitors alike.

Lights on 6pm-11pm until 18 June.

The heart of the city, Martin Place, is illuminated nightly for . Featuring 3 grand installations: Fountain, Mountain of Light and Geometrics, the precinct will become a lively after-hours hub for city workers and visitors alike. Lights on 6pm-11pm until 18 June.

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It's Dress Up Monday! Miss Fisher has finally arrived in town and what a better way to celebrate than entering her opulent world of the 1920's.

Step into another world beneath a swaying ceiling of glowing lanterns in Martin Place this Chinese New Year.

The Westpac Lunar Lantern Hub is the perfect place to meet friends, have a drink and grab a bite to eat before continuing on your journey around the Lunar Lanterns.

Grab a drink a the Monkey Shoulder Whisky Bar or try your luck in a game of Mahjong at The Star’s Fortune Garden Mahjong Garden.

Performances each night from 5pm-10pm:

Saturday 6 February – DJ Tikki Tembo
Sunday 7 February – DJ Tikki Tembo
Monday 8 February – DJ Beth Yen
Tuesday 9 February – DJ Sasha Moon
Wednesday 10 February – DJ Beth Yen
Thursday 11 February – DJ Beth Yen
Friday 12 February – DJ Sasha Moon
Saturday 13 February – DJ Tikki Tembo
Sunday 14 February – DJ Sasha Moon

When:
Every day, 12am to 12am
Saturday 6 February to Sunday 14 February 2016
The lanterns are available for viewing all day.

Where:
Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cost:
Free

Brought to you by Westpac.

See more: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/westpac-lunar-lantern-hub

Westpac Lunar Lantern Hub | What's On - City Of Sydney Celebrate the Lunar New Year under a canopy of lanterns in Martin Place.

The message on the Martin Place Christmas tree interactive ribbon read: "Will you marry me and make me the happiest man in the world?"

Congratulations are in order for the happy couple who got engaged at the Martin Place Christmas tree last night! After six months of dating, Wallace asked Lynn to marry him via the tree’s interactive ribbon. She said yes!

Crowds gathered under stormy skies in Sydney’s Martin Place, with friends and families of the two victims killed in the siege, Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, in attendance, along with hostage survivors, emergency services members and the general public.

Rain did not deter those who wanted to come and pay their respects.

Many brought bunches of flowers, some laid them outside the cafe. Most of the crowd gathered at the east end of Martin Place, with large plasma screens offering them a close up view of the stage, where heartfelt speeches were made and spine-tingling songs were sung. Two hundred and 88 white chairs were placed at the front for victims and their family and friends.

Beverley Tierney of Cronulla was among those who came to pay their respects.
“I often (go) to the Lindt Cafe — to the one at Westfield Miranda — where I believe Tori did work at one stage. It’s regrettable for me that this happened,” she said.

Ms Tierney brought a sunflower and a note to Martin Place for the memorial.

She describes her note: “I have, every day, thought constantly of the tragic happening and it’s been in my mind. I have deepest regards of sympathy to Tori’s partner and of course to the families. And for Katrina, of course. But I specifically wrote this for Tori’s partner.”

Elizabeth and Phillip streets were blocked off ahead of the ceremony.

The memorial took in an address from NSW Premier Mike Baird, a minute’s silence, plus performances by Ascham Chamber Choir, Mark Vincent, Dami I'm and the NSW Public School Singers, as well as poetry readings and reflections on those involved in the siege. Projections on the facade of 53 Martin Place will continue through until midnight.

The family of Sydney siege victim Katrina Dawson said the public’s warm support was helping them cope on the first anniversary of the tragic event.

The barrister and mother of three children was one of two victims killed during the 16-hour siege at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place, which began on December 15.

Her family said they had been overwhelmed by the support, generosity and comfort of people in Australia and around the world, a year after gunman Man Haron Monis walked into the cafe and took 18 customers and staff hostage, leaving two dead.

“The warmth of those many voices of support has helped us enormously on the darkest of days,” they said in a statement released on Tuesday.

“Today is one such day.

“Nevertheless we shall remember Katrina not because of the circumstances of this anniversary but because of the extraordinary joy, hope and inspiration she brought to so many people’s lives, ourselves included.”

Mr Baird said Sydney was still in mourning but stood in hope,

“I will never forget what happened at Martin Place a year ago,” he said.

“I will never forget Katrina and Tori.

“And I will certainly never forget the response of this amazing city, as we came together with an outpouring of love and unity.

Outside the Lindt Cafe earlier in the day with Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione, Mr Baird reflected on the day terror came to the city.

“We will not be stared down by those who want to bring evil to this city, those that want to divide us. We stand in hope,” he said.

“That great hope that came is something I don’t think anyone that was here will ever forget — and really that is what we stand on today, both in mourning with those we lost — but (also) the great hope that came and was shown by the city in the face of that adversity.”

See more: http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/lindt-cafe-tragedy-one-year-on-sydney-hosts-memorial-service/news-story/b4fda9f184d3171f1c6310f75c89ed82

The Lindt Cafe tragedy, a year on SYDNEY has stopped to remember the Lindt Cafe siege, victims and their families, in a twilight ceremony one year on.

On the anniversary of the , Premier Mike Baird has announced plans for a permanent memorial at Martin Place to commemorate the victims and Sydney's overwhelming display of unity in the aftermath.

There will be a twilight ceremony tonight commencing at 8.15pm at Martin Place between Phillip and Elizabeth streets to mark the one year anniversary.

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A year ago, in the face of evil, we saw a remarkable outpouring of love and compassion as flowers flooded Martin Place.

Today, we revealed the concept for the permanent memorial that will forever serve as a reminder of those we lost and the way this city came together in response.

In the face of division, we saw unity. In response to hate, we saw an overflow of peace and love.

We tragically lost Katrina and Tori. But we did not, and will not, lose the values that set us apart.

The memorial was designed by Richard Johnson and features hundreds of floral cubes inset into new granite paving right across Martin Place. At night they will illuminate to remind us that, when faced with darkness, this city responded with light.

The memorial also honours Katrina and Tori, who will live in our memories forever.

We will hold a twilight ceremony on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the siege. It will end with a lighting display on the Lindt Cafe, which will be repeated for five nights, and which movingly captures the spirit of this city one year go. It is also a reminder to the families of Katrina and Tori that we share in their grief and stand with them in their loss.

The exteriors of historic buildings will wow you this holiday season

The experience at Martin Place will be enhanced this year through immersive imagery.

The central portico and clock tower of the old Sydney GPO, now the façade of the Westin Hotel, will light up with interactive projections that allow the public to influence the content.

A state-of-the-art thermal imaging camera will track people in front of the portico, causing elements of the projections to reach out and unite passers-by with the imagery.

Make your way through the city after dark to see the light shows transforming Sydney into a wondrous holiday landscape.

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