Inner West Council’s plan for Hollywood walk of fame: $7.5 million plan to revitalise high streets

An inner Sydney suburb could soon replicate the Hollywood walk of fame in an effort to dramatically overhaul town centres. Here is what we know.

An inner city suburb could soon replicate the Hollywood walk of fame, in a bid to revive deserted town centres.

A $7.5 million revitalisation plan, revealed by Inner West Council, hopes to return glory to the once “famous” restaurant, cafe and night-life scene of the Inner West, with six main streets set to be injected with new life.

The program is set to feature a widescale “plaque program” along Enmore Rd, which will feature the names of the best performances at the historic Enmore Theatre.

Famous performances at the iconic theatre include The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Cranberries, Icehouse and Coldplay.

Sydney, February 18, 2003. (lt-rt) Ronnie Woods, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones during their performance at the 2000 seater Enmore Theatre in Newtown as part of their 2003 Licks World Tour. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Chris Martin from British band Coldplay at The Enmore Theatre as part of their Sydney 2014 tour. Picture: Richard Dobson

The project looks to bring back “colour” through investments to street furniture, artworks, decorations and infrastructure across Rozelle, Marrickville, Enmore, Newtown, and Balmain, with $1.5 million injected to each town centre for revitalisation works.

Hollywood walk of fame set to take on inner west

Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne said he hoped the projects would help “reawaken” deserted streets across the inner west.

“We want people back in the shops, we want restaurants and pubs to be full and we want the colour and movement that the inner west is famous for,” he said.

“Our whole community did it tough during lockdowns, our businesses took a hit and at times the streets were almost deserted.

Enmore Theatre

“Now is the time for a reawakening, we want people back in the shops and to show what makes the Inner West such an attractive place to live and work.”

Another plaques program is set to be rolled out in Balmain, which will feature a heritage pub trail.

Set to be finished in 2025, the revitalisation will see up to 43 projects with short term improvements on artwork, bins, fairy lights on trees, perfect match murals and planting works.

Projects are also being looked at in the long term such as, expanding footpaths and making laneways attractive.