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Protecting our sacred laneways
As reported earlier in this issue of CBD news, after a two-year long process, Minister for Planning Richard Wynne signed off this month on one of the City of Melbourne’s most ambitious heritage protection studies in decades.
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Corkman will not be rebuilt
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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Testing our resolve
A development currently advertised for 7 Hosier Lane, which seeks to plonk serviced apartments on top of a building with a heritage facade in one of our key laneways, should be seen not only as a heritage issue, but as a litmus test for the kind of city we all want to live in.
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Commercial is the flavour of the month
While the residential market may have slowed down over the past 12 months, developers have opted to push ahead with plans for a slew of office developments within the CBD.
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Contrasting commercial projects
In this month’s column we look at a couple of contrasting commercial projects in addition to the City of Melbourne’s plans for a new public square as part of the $250 million Queen Victoria Market renewal project.
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Melbourne is so lucky
A recent visit to Sydney revealed how lucky Melbourne is to have so much anti-landmark heritage in our CBD.
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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 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.
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Opposition grows over skinny tower proposal
Heritage and community groups are baffled that the Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) is pressing ahead with plans for an ultra-slim 60-storey tower on the CBD’s north-eastern corner.
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