Demonstrators disapprove of plans to rebuild old Ottoman barracks and create a shopping arcade.

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The five-storey building has experienced a tumultuous history since it first opened its doors as an elegant shopping arcade in 1909.

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The time-challenged make a beeline to the Queen Victoria Building or the Strand Arcade downtown for multistore, one-stop shopping.

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These days, he and his team of four design and make bespoke handcrafted shoes from his workshop in the elegant Strand Arcade, one of Sydney's historic shopping arcades in the Central Business District.

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