Ultimo being famous

Ultimo doesn’t get in the news very often, so here’s a place where we collect recent “press clippings”.  

- That Gehry Building in the Australian Design Review

- A chicken shop explosion in Ultimo in 2008

- Article about Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole exhibition

- The Powerhouse Museum’s exhibition Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole: A History of Pyrmont and Ultimo

- Both the Powerhouse and Hannah’s Pies on Harris St gets a mention in the New York Times’ most recent “36 Hours in Sydney” article.

- The Historic Houses Trust’s Sydney Open 2010 featured a handful of Ultimo sites on 6-7 November 2010

- The refurbishment of the Powerhouse Museum 

- We have also discovered that Miss Ultimo is a Glaswegian lingerie brand. They’re actually quite funky.

- Cockatoo Murders in Ultimo

- UTS Architectural reinvention: Designs on future as university reinvents itself

- Ian Thorpe Takes a Dip in His Own Pool

- Mecca Espresso opens in Ultimo + Time Out review of Mecca Espresso

- Abandoned buildings in Sydney *(and the Wakils)

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Penultimo is so damn famous, it has its own Facebook PageQuite an achievement.

- Lucas Ihlein blogs about that place blogging panel

- Linda Carroli has some fascinating things to say about place blogging, writing about place, and other matters, here’s just one example

- Penultimo’s author gets a geeky little write-up about her academic life