Planning » Heritage

Corkman will not be rebuilt

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

The latest news is that Raman Shaqiri and Stefce Kutlesovski, the developers who illegally demolished the 1856 Corkman Irish pub in Carlton, are removing the debris from the site (which contained asbestos), and are disposing it.

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When the press performs well

July 24th, 2019 - Rhonda Dredge

Way above the CBD in a lovely little apartment hidden within a hotel on Highlander Lane, two thinkers work on articles for publication in the academic press.

One of the mob

July 24th, 2019 - Rhonda Dredge

The buildings are grander and more institutional if you approach the CBD from the north. Even the houses on the northern fringe have arched verandas.

Vertical village voting

July 24th, 2019 - Dr Janette Corcoran

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Bird Sounds

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

Prolific Melbourne singer/songwriter Emma Russuck's fifth album Winter Blues will be launched at The Jazzlab on Wednesday August 7.

Big awards for small businesses

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

The City of Melbourne recognised the contribution of small businesses to the city on June 27 through the 2019 Lord Mayor’s Commendations.

Residents “shut out” from planning

June 26th, 2019 - David Schout

CBD residents are largely unheard in council planning matters and deserve a greater say in the city’s direction, a leading voice on citizen juries has said.

Heritage tax dodges

June 26th, 2019 - Meg Hill

Owners of state-listed heritage buildings in the CBD triggered a tax loophole earlier this year and escaped hundreds of thousands of dollars in land tax. Now, a bid to drag local heritage overlay into the loophole could cause an inundation of new tax dodges.