page_title: King Street, Sydney
section_title: History and description
hierarchical_section_title: King Street, Sydney / History and description
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context_page_description: King Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It stretches from King Street Wharf and Lime Street near Darling Harbour in the west, to Queens Square at St. James railway station in the east.
context_section_description: King Street was named after Governor Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of NSW.
  The Watsons Bay tramway ran down King Street until its closure and replacement by buses in 1960.
  King Street provides the northern border of Pitt Street Mall. The MLC Centre is a skyscraper that sits on the corner of Castlereagh Street. Other prominent buildings along King Street include the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St. James Church, Sydney and St. James campus of the Sydney Law School.
caption: King Street has been a busy city street since the early 20th Century
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