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Thanks, but no thanks – Doyle
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has politely told opponents of the council’s Queen Victoria Market (QVM) redevelopment that he won’t be taking on their alternative development plan.
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Keep up with the keep cup
CBD cafes have joined the fight to reduce the number of disposable coffee cups by offering a discount for customers who use a reusable cup.
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Leempeeyt Weeyn Festival winds up
An ancestral camp fire ceremony at Federation Square on August 20 marked the end of Leempeeyt Weeyn Festival.
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Doyle at the end of his tether on oBikes
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has come “to the end of his tether” with the operator of the oBike scheme and is preparing to act.
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Art to break the power
A 50-metre-long wooden strip carried by seven people divided the CBD’s traffic during Nite Art 2017 last month.
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Melbourne wins again
Melbourne has been named the World’s Most Liveable City for the seventh consecutive year.
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It’s all about Metro Tunnel
The biggest planning news to occur during an otherwise quiet month in Melbourne was the announcement that the Cross Yarra Partnership was the successful bidder for the Tunnel and Stations availability-based, private-public partnership (PPP) contract.
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The staying power of fiction
Many events had already sold out for this year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival within two weeks of them going on sale.
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Heinous Hounds cherry hot cherry blue
Sunday arvos at the Cherry Bar and Max Crawdaddy and co have the blues happening.
Read MoreCelebrating 100 days smarter
Prep children at St Michael’s Primary School celebrated 100 days of school on August 4.
Read MoreDistrict for innovation
The City of Melbourne has partnered with RMIT and University of Melbourne to create an urban innovation district in CBD north.
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The CBD through Juan’s eyes
Since his arrival in Melbourne, Juan Bohada has always been fascinated by everything he sees in the CBD.
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Come and hear us play
Melbourne Youth Orchestra will surprise city-goers with free concerts from September 28 to October 29.
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Ink and aerosol
Steve Cross is a veteran of the graffiti/street art scene, having put up his first tag 30 years ago as a 14-year-old.
Read MoreMarket attendance soars
The Queen Victoria Winter Night Market has recorded its most successful season in its six-year history.
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Home away from home
David Amaya came from Columbia to the Melbourne CBD two years ago as a tourist and is now a long-term “CBD local”.
Read MoreLovetown at the library
The Burke and Wills monument had been removed, hoardings had been placed around City Square, Chautaqua had won the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick racecourse and nearby at the Athenaeum Library on Collins St, a full house awaited the arrival of the singer/songwriter Stephen Cummings.
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The word from the garret
The urban artist today is likely to be a spatial specialist who builds installations out of found materials in out-of-the-way corners of the CBD.
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Delights revealed as scaffolds come down
Scaffolding going up on heritage buildings is often a worrying sign that demolition of facades is soon to follow, but a number of scaffolds coming down recently have revealed much better news.
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Green light for Vic Market
The planning controls that deal with the upgrade of the Queen Victoria Market have now been approved by Planning Minister Richard Wynne.
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