Norton Street, Leichhardt

Norton Street

Norton Street is in the suburb of Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. It is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the main commercial street in the suburb.

Norton Street contains a mix of residential buildings, restaurants (Italian and others), cafés, eateries and individual retail outlets, including several bookstores and grocery shops. There are also hotels, a Palace Cinema, Norton Street Grocer and two of the suburb's three shopping centres: Norton Plaza and the Italian Forum.

At the southern end of the street is the Italian Forum,^[1] notable for its design which seeks to emulate the feel of a Mediterranean town piazza featuring a fountain, ringed by cafés and upmarket fashion shops.

History

Former Leichhardt Post Office

The street was named in honour of James Norton (1795–1862), a colonial Sydney attorney and solicitor who purchased the grand estate of Elswick in 1834.^[2] The 30-hectare Elswick estate was bounded by Parramatta Road, Norton Street, Marion Street, and Elswick Street, Leichhardt; in 1882, it was sub-divided and offered as 600 lots.^[3]

Norton Street was once a working-class area populated primarily by first- and second-generation Italian migrants. These days, many of the original inhabitants have moved to outlying suburbs, and the area has gentrified but the Italian flavour remains with Norton Street as its centrepiece. Throughout Sydney, Norton Street is known as "Little Italy" with many Italian eateries.^[4]

Events and celebrations

During important events such as the FIFA World Cup, the street is closed and thousands of football fans gather to party . It is also the centre of an annual festival called the Italian Festa, held in October (Sunday 26 October 2014).

Transport

Norton Street is serviced by Sydney Buses's routes M10, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 444 and 445^[5] and the light rail to Lilyfield, and walking about 10 minutes.

Gallery

Norton Hotel
Palace Cinema
All Souls Anglican Church
Pioneers Memorial Park
Italian Forum entrance
Piazza at the Italian Forum
Leichhardt Public School
Norton Plaza

References

↑ Home page
↑ Ann Beveridge, "Legacy's a place worth exploring – Down your way – Leichhardt", Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), 25 February 2006, p 86 via factiva accessed 16 September 2011.
↑ James Woodford, "How a big dream came true – in a small way", Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January 1994, p 4 via factiva accessed 16 September 2011.
↑ Adventure : Strut Your Stuff : Fine Living
↑ 404 Redirect Page, Visit NSW

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

Visit New South Wales website
Food and Wine Trails article regarding the annual Italian Fiesta

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