Archive: History of Mascot Station by ahnaf

Welcome to my Digital Archive

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-03 13:38:59 UTC

Framing Definition: My archive is based on the local history of a particular place or site. The key location of this archive is Mascot Station, which has been a part of my life for nearly 10 years.

Walk Path

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-03 14:36:39 UTC

This image represents the walking path from our school to our favourite bubble tea shop in Mascot Station.

Stops 1 and 2 are our friends' place of residence, where we would stop by because they wanted to leave their school bags at home before continuing on our carefree afternoon visit to our favourite bubble tea shop at our local hangout spot, Mascot Station.

Mascot Station Ambience

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 03:59:56 UTC

The audio is of me walking into Mascot Station and getting onto a train. The audio is recommended to be listened to with the eyes closed, imagining and paying attention to the busy sounds of the surroundings, such as the momentary chatters, the opal card 'clink' sound, and the trains approaching the platform.

The sound overall adds an immersive experience for the audience without being physically at the station.

Recorded on my phone. 5/08/25.

Opal Card

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 04:16:10 UTC

This is the exact opal card I used from years 7-10, my age being 13-16. The child/youth opal card served me and my friends for our journey to the City from Mascot Station, and is a key resemblance to the use of public transport as our primary transportation.

Bubble Tea Cup

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 04:20:22 UTC

This bubble tea cup represents the core memory of Mascot Station. We all went to Mascot Station after school from years 7-10 to hang out and enjoy a carefree afternoon. The station was our primary hangout spot as everyone lived very close to it. The surrounding cafes, the architecture and the overall memorable urban design of the area attached us to the place.

This is not the brand we used to drink our tea from (Mon Cha Cha), as that brand shut down. However, this is a cup from Share Tea from UNSW.

Infographic

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 04:29:25 UTC

This is the infographic I presented on the 6th of August, 2025 for the in class presentation. The infographic consisted of a before and after image of the western side entrance to Mascot Station which inaugurated on the end of 2023. I also put in some context about my archive such as my framing definition, and some context about the 2 objects I presented, which was a bubble tea cup and an opal card.

(Sorry for the low quality resolution on the before and after images, they have been compressed to reduce file size as it was unable to be uploaded otherwise).

The two items I bought into class along side my infographic are the opal card and the bubble tea cup as shown under the 'Significant Objects' section.

Mascot Station Entrance (Main)

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 07:12:52 UTC

Evolution of the main entrance of Mascot Station, with the abandoned Mascot Towers spotted in the background of the (2024) picture.

Mascot Station Entrance (West)

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 07:13:21 UTC

The evolution of the western entrance (newly opened in 2023). This shocked me, and made me really surprised as to how much Mascot Station has developed over 16 years (2007-23).

Mascot Towers

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 07:14:25 UTC

Evolution of the Mascot Towers, makes me sad as it was such a cool project in the beginning with owners being excited to live in it, just for it to be abandoned.

Field Note

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 07:15:31 UTC

I went to Mascot Station on the 1st of August to observe how much the area has changed. Overall, it hasn't changed too much except for the new entrance to the station. I also noticed the Mascot Towers starting its demolition process. Also noticing some new bubble tea stores being introduced as well.

Although it was cloudy, it was quite busy for a Friday, with the main demographic I noticed being Asian university students, with some high school students hanging out there like we used to.

Short Interview

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-05 07:44:50 UTC

This interview is with one of my friends I've known since primary school. It is a short interview that adds more depth to my archive. We have both grown up in Mascot since year 3 (primary school), therefore he knows the evolution and the development of the place.

He was asked to answer what Mascot Station meant to him, and how the urban design of the space shaped our childhood, making us always hang out there.

Station Platforms 1&2

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-08 02:43:48 UTC

These photos show the evolution of the inside of Mascot Station, except for the digital timetable, nothing really seems different visually. The 2024 picture also resembles how the station looks in 2025, remaining the same.

Mon Cha Cha

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-08 03:38:41 UTC

This image was taken straight after school when we first discovered Mon Cha Cha. There used to be another store in replacement of this, which was called "Holy Moly!" before, so we were surprised about the rebranding and new updated store look.

Mascot Station Upgrade Article

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-08 03:53:06 UTC

Official article from Transport NSW regarding the upgrades, and images from the new entrance.

Mascot Towers Deal

ahnafrakeenau — 2025-08-08 04:02:44 UTC

This article is about the Mascot Tower's owners being able to move on from their debt, with the help of the NSW Government.

Context: https://www.propertyinvestmentlawyer.com.au/articles/mascot-towers-the-anatomy-of-a-strata-disaster