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Cosmic Mist
Easy Brown’s Chicken Truck Stop Band are a four piece band hailing from Melbourne who should be on the musical horizon of music fans everywhere.
Read MoreCaught in tight places
The CFMEU office is at the centre of Lindsay Tanner’s new novel Comeback as the union tries to sort out a crooked developer with shonky safety practices and traps a taxi driver in its web.
Read MoreAnother side of homelessness
The complex issue of what to do to relieve homelessness in the city is high on Residents 3000 members’ list of concerns.
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Napier Waller – a great public artist
Few people passing Newspaper House at 247 Collins St notice the colourful mosaic spanning the exterior of the first floor.
Read MoreWalks, missing headphones and autumn
The start of autumn and we’ve been blessed with gentle sunshine, cooling breezes and a kind of energy in the air that lends itself to getting out and about.
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Second road header starts excavating
Construction activity in the CBD is ramping up 30 metres underground as part of Metro Tunnel Project works.
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Going up! Historic lifts in Melbourne
If you’re old enough, you probably remember the lift attendants at Myers or Buckleys.
Read MoreOwners’ corporation law – time’s up
The state government is under increasing pressure to amend the outdated Owners Corporation Act 2006.
Read MoreA free ride for the advertising industry?
There’s a marked difference among the world’s major cities on the extent of advertising signs allowed in the urban environment.
Read MoreDipping into the public realm
In a slight change of tack for the month of April (no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke), rather than providing a snapshot of planning and development activity within the CBD, I thought I would instead focus on a particularly eye-catching public realm concept.
Read MoreFuture-proofing vertical villages
Are our vertical villages becoming obsolete?
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Shy publican supports songsters
Irish poets pride themselves on their art of composition and the publican of The Drunken Poet is modest.
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New food hall rounds off St. Collins Lane
St. Collins Lane shopping precinct opened its new food hall last month, adding to its array of eateries at the fashion and dining destination.
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An African-fusion adventure
African-inspired CBD bar polépolé (meaning relax, slowdown and take it easy, in Swahili) presents a new two-level dining space wrapped in safari-style canvas: an exquisite full-service dining experience downstairs and a fun and energetic themed bar, Glamp, upstairs!
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New service navigates strata world
A new reporting service has become available in Victoria for people either living in or thinking of buying into an owners’ corporation/strata community.
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Hidden laneways
This city has amazing hidden art and treasures around every corner.
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A very strong Chihuahua
Jessica encountered her four-year-old pet Chihuahua Adriana by chance but once they met, she determined to do all she could to save her.
Read MoreHeritage owners exploit tax loophole
A growing number of CBD buildings have had their official values slashed as a result of a heritage land valuation loop hole, saving owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in land tax.
Read More“Watch this space” on panel
Lord Mayor Sally Capp’s heavily-spruiked residents’ panel is suffering a long and protracted labour and, if born, may resemble an entirely different child.
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