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Metro Tunnel gives outdoor dining a pop-up push

The Metro Tunnel Project has joined the push to help rejuvenate Melbourne’s dining scene as it bounces back from the coronavirus pandemic.

Respond, recover and thrive

Time for a new vision

As the new parklets begin to appear around the CBD, the City of Melbourne and state government are to be congratulated on acting creatively and nimbly in implementing new ideas to help return the city to normal.

Intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets, looking north, 1890s

At first glance there is little that is familiar about this street scene taken some time in the early 1890s.

State cladding group splits from VBA

Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV) is splitting off from the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) to become the world’s first standalone agency for combustible cladding rectification.

Deck the walls with awesome art

Hosier Lane has seen some hard times in the past few years, with the opening of Culture Kings and much of the street art being destroyed by tags and bad art.

Vertical village energy consumption

The Victorian Government has announced $797 million for energy improvements – how much of this might our energy-hungry vertical villages access?

Final John Nixon works on show

There is still time to catch the cool minimal- ism of John Nixon in an exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery in Flinders Lane.

Jack Howard

Small Moments of Glory (Brolga Press 2020) is the name of Jack Howard’s first book.