Sydney Modernism self-guided walking tour

El Alamein fountain, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum.

This image of the El Alamein fountain was photographed for the Sydney Modernism self-guided walking tour. One of our photographers went to all the sites featured in this pamphlet to photograph them including this fountain. The fountain is situated in the heart of Kings Cross at the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Macleay Street. It was designed by Bob Woodward who won a design competition for Fitzroy Gardens in 1958. It is a memorial to the soldiers who died during the Second World War.

You can download the walking tour from here.

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Photography by Sotha Bourn
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.