In 1988, as part of Australia's bicentennial celebrations, Willoughby City Council commissioned eight community histories, including that of Artarmon. 'Artarmon past, present and future', compiled Grace Warner was the result. In her history, Ms Warner included a breakdown of the businesses in Artarmon as they existed in 1988.

As over twenty years have elapsed, the Progress Association believes it is time to once again look at the Artarmon shopping precinct, to see what changes have occurred and to do similar surveys on a regular basis to track the changing nature of the shopping precinct. The following is the first stage of the project: photographs of the shops in the precinct as at September 2010.

Stage two will be to add all the businesses that are not on street fronts and stage 3 will be to interview business owners about the nature of their businesses.

As the photographs were taken on a busy day, they are not all of a high standard and many of the businesses are hidden by parked cars. Over the next few weeks and months the photographs will be re-taken on days where traffic is less dense so that the businesses are more visible.

We hope you will enjoy following this important sociological research project as it unfolds and please excuse the 'rough' nature of this first stage.

44 Hampden Commercial Building
1/44 Hampden vacant
2/44 Hampden medical practice
3/44 Hampden Laing & Simmons real estate
4/44 Hampden (cnr Jersey) Pizzeria La Stazione restaurant - Italian
64 Hampden (cnr Jersey) Artarmon Post Office post office
66 Hampden All Goods Mart supermarket - Asian
66 Hampden Comfort & Fit footwear - orthopaedic
70 Hampden Vinnies charity shop - St Vincent de Paul
72 Hampden TAB betting
74 Hampden Flight Centre travel agency
76 Hampden Seven Day Food supermarket - general
78 Hampden Spitroast take away - chicken etc
80 Hampden Commonwealth Bank bank
84 Hampden European Piatsa take away - chicken etc
86 Hampden Hampden Gourmet take away - general
88 Hampden Subway take away - sandwiches
90 Hampden Artarmon Seafood fish and chips
90A Hampden Artarmon Shoe Repairs and Key Cutting shoe repair and key cutting
92 Hampden (cnr Broughton) 7 Eleven / NAB ATM supermarket - general
2/92 Hampden (in Broughton S side) Sanya restaurant - Asian
1/2A Broughton S side Yakiniku Restaurant Wakana restaurant - Asian
2/2A Broughton S side Artarmon Laundrette laundry
3/2A Broughton S side Artarmon Video video and dvd hire
2A Broughton S side Woolacott Hale Corlett & Jumikis consultant engineers
1A Broughton N side Taipei Chef Restaurant restaurant - Asian
2/1A Broughton N side P'zazz Hair Studio hairdresser
3A Broughton N side Artarmon Skin Fitness beauty services
96 Hampden (in Broughton) Artarmon Chiropractic chiropracter
96 Hampden (cnr Broughton) Nick Logan Pharmaceutical Advice pharmacy
98 Hampden Artarmon Dry Cleaners dry cleaners
100 Hampden vacant
102 Hampden Artarmon Family Butcher butcher
104 Hampden Black & White hairdresser
106 Hampden Artarmon Fruit Market fruit & vegetables
108 Hampden Artarmon Gourmet Chicken and Salad Coffee Lounge take away - chicken etc
110 Hampden Marriott Lane R.E. real estate
112 Hampden Artarmon Newsagency newsagency
114 Hampden Bakers Delight bakery
116 Hampden Artarmon Northside Flowers florist
118 Hampden Jade Lotus Kitchen take away - Asian
120 Hampden Welcome Mart Supermarket supermarket - general
122 Hampden Artarmon Vision Specialist optometrist
124 Hampden Coffee Express café
126 Hampden Maya Indian Curry House take away - Indian
128 Hampden (cnr Francis) Liquorland bottle shop
1/130 Hampden (in Francis) Pizza Luna take away - pizza
2/130 Hampden (in Francis) Inter Desserts Artarmon cake shop
5/130 Hampden (cnr Francis) The Thai take away - Asian
132 Hampden Artarmon Mowers sale and service of lawn mowers
134-136 Hampden Artarmon Medical Centre medical practice
Elizabeth Artarmon Community Library & Toy Library library
Elizabeth Community Services Willoughby Council
2/22 Elizabeth HOW Hair on Wilkes hairdresser
Wilkes cnr Elizabeth Lucky Mart Japanese Grocery supermarket - Japanese
2 Wilkes Thai Charm restaurant - Asian
6 Wilkes Japanese Noodle Genki restaurant - Asian
10 Wilkes Sushi-Ya restaurant - Asian
9 Wilkes Little Thai Place take away - Asian
7 Wilkes Goumet Pizza Wilkes take away - pizza
5 Wilkes Café NoWhere café
3 Wilkes Furu Hon - Ya books - Japanese
Wilkes cnr Elizabeth Japanese Groceries supermarket - Japanese
28 Elizabeth En Ceramics Studio gallery
11-13 Elizabeth Gillespies Hire Sales Service home medical equipment
9 Elizabeth No Gaps Dental dentist

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