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Rare Book Week

Rare Book Week

June 30th, 2017 - CBD News

Melbourne Rare Book Week starts Friday, June 30

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Hoardings to be beautified

June 30th, 2017 - CBD News

The appearance of hoardings at construction sites will be improved with the City of Melbourne planning to put artworks on long-term hoardings. 

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Academic Street launched

June 30th, 2017 - CBD News

New and upgraded facilities have been completed at RMIT University’s city campus under the New Academic Street project.

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Concrete jungle could become actual jungle

June 29th, 2017 - CBD News

Rooftops in the CBD could be transformed into green gardens under the City of Melbourne’s Rooftop Project powered by the Urban Forest Fund.

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Come and see our murals

June 29th, 2017 - CBD News

The heritage-listed Mutual Store apartment owners are inviting locals to view their brand new murals on July 13.

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Anger mounting after collapse

June 28th, 2017 - CBD News

The setting is like that of a Gothic novel. A dark laneway leads beside the Careers Australia building in Flinders St where plotters can be overheard, working on means of getting an education. 

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Honour for footwear retailer

June 28th, 2017 - CBD News

Melbourne footwear retailer Peter Parkinson has been awarded a Queen’s Birthday honours Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his lifelong contribution to the retail footwear industry.

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Diversion for Wandin

June 27th, 2017 - CBD News

Disqualified Melbourne councillor Brooke Wandin has escaped conviction on electoral fraud charges.

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Not just books and theatre at the Athenaeum

June 27th, 2017 - CBD News

Renowned Melbourne cartoonist, artist, writer and children’s book creator Judy Horacek will be the artist-in-residence at the Athenaeum during the Melbourne Rare Book Week and throughout July. 

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Little Collins hotel proposed

June 26th, 2017 - CBD News

A 22-storey luxury hotel may soon soar from an under-utilised, 10-storey office building at 422 Little Collins St. 

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