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Heritage Victoria condemns Princess Mary Club
Residents opposed to the construction of a 33-storey commercial tower in Lonsdale St are shattered that Heritage Victoria last month issued a permit to demolish the Princess Mary Club.
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Is this the city’s hardest job?
If you’re finding it hard to juggle your “to do” list today, spare a thought for Evan Tattersall who is pulling together the myriad threads of Melbourne’s Metro Rail project.
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Not so open ‘public open space’
At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that developer Cbus was again gifting the CBD with nearly 2000sqm of badly-needed open space as part of its development plans for the old Suncorp site at 447 Collins St.
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More gain, less pain from Metro
From a CBD perspective, the Metro Rail project is shaping up better than ever expected.
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Parents trash council
Parents at the A’Beckett St Childcare Centre are fed up with rubbish that has accumulated in the street due to non-stop development.
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Even more Krankyness!
Early one recent overcast and rainy Saturday morning guerilla street artist Kranky (CBD News, November 2015), installed what could be his last CBD installation in this form, City Cleaners Form New Tactical Response Unit.
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Where’s the love?
As we enter the final year of the current council’s term, the perception of councillor team harmony is beginning to disintegrate.
Read MoreCouncil applies wrong planning rules
For past two months, City of Melbourne planners have been applying the wrong rules to planning applications, but they say it wasn’t their fault.
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Local Monopoly fails to pass ‘Go’
Can you imagine Melbourne without Collins or Bourke streets?
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Why drive when you can walk?
Who needs a wedding car when you live in the CBD?
Read MoreCouncillors ‘pissed off’ at Brady Group
Developer Brady Group came under fire from Melbourne councillors on November 17 when they were asked to retrospectively approve a reduction of two levels of parking at 500 Elizabeth St.
Read MoreSeeking out soulful
I learned three things about myself on the tram this morning.
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Council is where the action is
With the industry still coming to terms with the new planning controls within the central city the spate of applications has subsided somewha
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He’s Kranky!
Kranky has a history with street art/graffiti that dates back to the late 1960s.
Read MoreKaraoke bar extends licence hours
The Future Melbourne Committee last month voted to extend the liquor licence hours of Jankara Karaoke Bar on Russell St.
Read More‘City Limits’: a different take
In the August 2015 issue of CBD News, Shane Scanlan, the editor, expressed considerable disappointment with the book City Limits by Grattan Institute academics Jane-Francis Kelly and Paul Donegan.
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Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch
Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch: Eight Hours Day Float (Eight Hours Day Procession Melbourne), c.1925
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Melbourne architect loves her life in the CBD
Shelley Roberts extends her hand with a warm smile.
Read MoreHave your say on CBD
What’s great and what’s not about living in the CBD?
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Hangin’ with the HoMies
In a fast-paced society, it is humbling to know there are people like Nick Pearce taking the initiative to create awareness.
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