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Lachlan Macquarie, reformist governor of New South Wales between 1809 and 1821, gave the early settlement its first imposing public buildings, clustered on the southern half of his namesake Macquarie Street . He had a vision of an elegant, prosperous city - although the Imperial Office in London didn't share his enthusiasm for expensive civic projects. Refused both money and expertise, Macquarie was forced to be resourceful: many of the city's finest buildings were designed by the ex-convict Francis Greenway - the convicted forger who went on to be appointed civil architect and design forty buildings, eleven of which survive - and paid for with rum-money, the proceeds of a monopoly on liquor sales. Modern Sydney - wealthy and international - shows itself on the corner of Bent and Macquarie streets in the curved glass sails of the 41-storey Aurora Place Tower , designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, co-creator of the extraordinary Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris.
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