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The changing face of Kings Cross in pictures
From the neon lights and flashy sights of Kings Cross in previous eras through to the current era of high end restaurants and yoga studios.
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September 30, 1969.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Dancer Little Pretzel (right) at Bill Green's Go Go Strip club in Kings Cross on 8 February 1967.Credit:Martin Brannan
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A group of Mods outside the Rock Garden music venue in Kings Cross, Sydney on 21 August 1980. Credit:Julia Featherstone
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Teenagers do the Stomp at Surf City, Kings Cross, 18 September 1963. Credit:Cumming
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Teenagers do the Stomp at Surf City, Kings Cross, 18 September 1963. Credit:Cumming
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Surf City, Kings Cross, 18 September 1963 Credit:Cumming
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King's Cross looks like a navy town in 1967.Credit:Fairfax Media
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William Street looking towards Kings Cross, 1962. Credit:Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media
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Mods Kerrie Thompson and Robert Angus outside the Rock Garden music venue in Kings Cross, Sydney on 21 August 1980. Credit:Julia Featherstone
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The infamous Pink Pussycat club part of the Kings Cross Strip Club scene, 31 March 1989. Credit:SMH
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Outside one of the anti-TB units at King's Cross in 1963.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Dancer and fireeater Zsa Zsa, pictured at Bill Green's Go Go Strip club in Kings Cross in 1967.Credit:Martin Brannan
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Kings Cross in 1937. Credit:Keith Rainsford
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William street looking towards Kings Cross in 1962.Credit:Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media
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Kings Cross night life as a working girl says hello in Darlinghurst Road, 2005. Credit:Brendan Esposito
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Spruikers in 1998 prior to being outlawed. Credit:Steven Siewert
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The Barber of Kings Cross, Joe Bardetta, 2009. Credit:Steven Siewert
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Doug Kilner outside Centerfolds International, formerly known as Playbirds on a slow Tuesday night, 2005. Credit:Lisa Wiltse
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Bed race through the streets of Kings Cross in 1989. Credit:Steven Siewert
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New Year's Eve in King's Cross, 1963. Credit:Fairfax Media