As it is today, since the beginning the retail era in Sydney, Pitt Street has been the centre of shopping in Sydney. Since the early 1900s Pitt Street was quickly becoming the place to be for all department stores, and David Jones was king. One of the apparent heirs to the throne was E. Way & Company. Originally a drapery claiming to the be the cheapest in Sydney, E. Way was established as a department store in 1891.
This section of Pitt Street was closed off to traffic in the 1990s and became Pitt Street Mall, which today has some of the highest rents in the world for retail.
Photo Source: State Library NSW
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