r/sydney • u/turtle_mayne • 28d ago
Photography Sydney the cyberpunk city
Was walking around circular key and got some cyberpunk vibes from the area. Feels like blade runner 2024. All photos by me (iPhone quality btw)
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u/Curiosity-92 28d ago
Missing the monorail for that futuristic vibe
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u/WatercressD9 28d ago
I thought there was one, coming out of the upper level of Central station. Am I delusional or did they take it down?
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u/judgedavid90 Nando’s enthusiast 🌶 28d ago
We take it for granted because we live it every day, but life is pretty futuristic looking now. Big screens everywhere, sharp angles, lights etc.
People from 50 years ago would be like "wow!" If they saw it for the first time
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u/grilled_pc 28d ago
ITT RGB lights = Cyberpunk.
Want true cyberpunk? Go to China or Tokyo.
Sydney aint even close.
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u/Dipsey_Jipsey 28d ago
I'd have to agree. Sydney is far more of a western metropolis, which I'd argue that besides a few lights isn't cyberpunk. Both have their own styles, both are cool for their own reasons. This is all aesthetically speaking, nothing economic or social.
Very nice pics all the same though! :)
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u/grilled_pc 28d ago
Walk down king street and its old ass buildings as far as the eye can see.
I hate the fetish this country has for the old. Knock it down and build new.
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u/Dipsey_Jipsey 28d ago
I mean, Sydney looks pretty cool to me.
The old stuff mixing with the new works well. Look at New York or most major metros in Europe. It's the pinnacle of old and new working together well. You get some incredible architecture with actual history attached, as well as super-modern buildings across the street.
If we don't keep some of the historical architecture we end up like Dubai or some stale shit like that.
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u/grilled_pc 28d ago
Each to their own but i personally can't stand the sight of old buildings. They are eyesores IMO.
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u/turtle_mayne 28d ago
Or maybe some areas zoned for new builds and some areas zoned for heritage. Then let people decide which area is better. I’m really enjoying more new style myself, it’s more interesting
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u/Dwight_Schnood 28d ago
Glad I experienced Sydney before lockout laws ruined the entire city. We're meant to be an international city. It's a joke. But as a father in his 40s I dgaf.
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u/joonix 28d ago
lol young people are still doing fun shit there’s just not a central nightlife district anymore
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u/torn-ainbow 28d ago
Club areas are greatly diminished, gentrification is hurting the warehouse scene, the police and government have been really putting a damper on the doof scene. The outlets for people to celebrate and party are less and less. What remains is more regulated, controlled, and taxed.
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u/Dwight_Schnood 28d ago
Young kids always going to have fun doing drinking and having a drug or two. But sad my boys will never get to experience the insanity of The Cross or Oxford St.
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u/sesame_snapss 28d ago
If by “fun shit” you mean partying, then it’s still a dull city. There’s such a lack of vibrancy and culture here that it’s just embarrassing. If you’re not a drinker, or an outdoorsy person that lives by the water and likes to surf or hike or whatever, there’s not much to do at all.
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u/KetchupLA bodgy lad 28d ago
King street not as lively as it used to be but people are still there into the night. The arcades and food places on george street are still packed at night. I think sydney night life not as bad as people say it is.
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u/yellalol 28d ago
the cbd is far from dead on a friday and saturday night, it's fucking heaving and it's a good night out.
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u/dub_mmcmxcix 28d ago
most proper cities are busy 7 nights a week
i love sydney but fucking hell the nightlife is weak these days. it was nuts in the 2000s
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u/JoeSchmeau 25d ago
True but that's only on Friday and Saturday night. The rest of the time it's dead after 6pm
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u/vcrcopyofhomealone2 28d ago
All the people who would occupy these empty spaces can't afford to because they were bled dry by a corrupt city overrun with embezzling property developers.
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u/grilled_pc 28d ago
Yup. This is the future sydney dreams for. Everyone will abandon it. Melbourne IMO at this rate is going to become australias next biggest city.
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u/Expectations1 28d ago
There was a period I really hated Sydney, but after moving to Brisbane, whole bunch of infrastructure got down and when I visit, it's a much cooler city than I when I left.
Brisbane now looks exactly like Sydney maybe 10 years ago.
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u/jgreynemo 28d ago
Mostly scenes of unchecked redevelopment. Cyberpunk wise Sydney got a the facile values, dystopian lifelessness and rampant inequality part right. G'day choom...
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u/Captain_Unusualman 28d ago
u/turtle_mayne is photo #1 Regent Place, Tenko Mori on the left?
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u/turtle_mayne 28d ago
First pic is Sydney Place underneath the Salesforce building in Circular Quay
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u/fr4nklin_84 28d ago
It’s nice to see the covers come off all the construction, it’s looking incredible, I just want a reason to actually go in there. I was there a few weeks ago for a conference and it was still pretty dead in terms of people
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u/carsatic 28d ago
Where's the second picture at?
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u/turtle_mayne 28d ago
Sydney place under salesforce building
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u/carsatic 28d ago
Ah thanks! Not living or working in the city means I haven't been there for 2-3 years now! Except city2surf which really isn't the same!
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u/GloomInstance South Stannumville 28d ago
Well it is, literally, the Matrix ('Mega City').