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The Metro Tunnel Project will provide a huge boost to the Victorian arts community in the coming months, with more than $150,000 of new commissions announced for local artists.
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Folia House returns after QVM reopens for specialty traders
For a long 11 weeks, Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM’s) beloved plant store, Folia House, was forced to keep its doors shut due to coronavirus restrictions.
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City folk return to the arcades
The grace of the CBD is undeniably in its arcades but these grand urban spaces from the days of polite society are usually too full of tourists to be that attractive to local city folk.
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Curbing bad behaviour with “positive architecture”
There is a concept within design known as “hostile architecture” which describes attempts to use built environment to modify behaviour. As soon as you learn about this you will start to see it everywhere.
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A match made in heaven
Two-and-a-half-year-old spoodle Charlie loves to play tug of war with his owner, Caitlyn. The pair are a “match made in heaven”, she told CBD News last month. They get along fantastically well because both of them are both big time explorers.
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Cladding: are you on the funding list?
Does your building qualify for support from the state government’s cladding rectification fund?
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A concierge’s perspective on vertical living
Many vertical villages count their concierge as among their most valued feature, but how do these “keepers of the keys” view our vertical lifestyle?
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When the going gets tough …
City residents get going. The online world is buzzing in the time of COVID-19 as humans do what they do well. Innovate. Collaborate.
Read MorePutting the relationship first
The massive crack of thunder and the blindingly bright flashes of lightening smashed the darkness in my bedroom to smithereens and snapped me from my slumber at 3am in the morning.
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Flinders St traffic changes for Town Hall Station works
Road users and pedestrians in Melbourne’s CBD can expect significant changes from late May as work on the Metro Tunnel Project’s Town Hall Station moves up a gear.
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Swamp everlasting crowned Melbourne’s new floral emblem
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