Editing Woolloomooloo (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:1Woolloomooloo.jpg|thumb|350px|Overlooking Woolloomooloo from the Domain Park, with the Bells Hotel (red brick building) in the foreground]]
Woolloomooloo is home to the [[Finger Wharf]], known for its remarkable size. It is {{Convert|400|m|ft|-1}} long and {{Convert|63|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} wide and stands on 3,600 piles.

The Sydney Harbour Trust built the Finger Wharf, or Woolloomooloo Wharf, between 1911 and 1915 with the charter to bring order to [[Sydney Harbour]]'s foreshore facilities. The wharf became the [[World's largest buildings|largest wooden structure in the world]]. The area's commerce was dominated by shipping at the wharf and by the regular influx of sailors and officers from the [[Garden Island, New South Wales|Garden Island]] base of the [[Royal Australian Navy]].

The wharf's influence diminished for Woolloomooloo during the 1970s when other more modern wharves were preferred. By the 1980s the wharf lay derelict and empty and in 1987, the [[Government of New South Wales|state government]] decided to demolish the Wharf.<ref name="Maju">{{Cite web |title=The Finger Wharf History |publisher=Maju Sequence |url=http://www.maju.com.au/wharf_history.cfm |access-date=11 February 2007}}</ref> A new complex was approved to replace the wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay, but when demolition work was due to begin in January 1991, locals blocked entrance to the site.<ref name=smh1991>{{Cite news |title=Live and let lie policy for wharf |first=Anne |last=Susskind |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=15 January 1991 |page=2 |issn=0312-6315}}</ref> Unions imposed a [[green ban]], which stopped demolition crews from undertaking work.<ref name=smh1991/>

[[File:HMAS Sydney at Kuttabul.jpg|thumb|Aerial view]]
In the mid-1990s the wharf was renovated into 300 private residential apartments and a boutique hotel with 104 guestrooms. It also has several restaurants and bars, including the popular Water Bar, frequented by many visiting celebrities. At first, the hotel was launched as "W Sydney - Woolloomooloo" and was the [[W Hotels]] brands' first internationally launched property outside of the United States. The hotel's licensing expired in 2007 and rebranded as "Blue Hotel", managed by [[Taj Hotels & Resorts]]. Notable residents include actor [[Russell Crowe]], who lives in a $14 million penthouse which as a result has become famous in Australia and abroad and one of the most expensive and sought after places in the country. Another prominent resident is controversial former Australian radio presenter [[John Laws]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Christine |last=Sams |title=On the move with Russell and Danielle |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/31/1054177765250.html |work=[[The Sun-Herald]] |date=1 June 2003 |access-date=22 October 2006 }}</ref>

Woolloomooloo is home to [[Artspace Visual Arts Centre|Artspace]], an independent, not-for-profit and non-collecting residency-based [[contemporary art]] centre. Artspace is housed in the historic [[The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo|Gunnery Building]]. Devoted to the development of certain new ideas and practices in contemporary art and culture, since the early 1980s Artspace has been building a critical context for Australian and international artists, curators and writers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Atlas |title=Home |url=https://artspace.org.au/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=ArtSpace}}</ref>

The [[Andrew "Boy" Charlton Pool]], sits on the western side of Woolloomooloo Bay, amongst the [[Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|Royal Botanic Gardens]].