Planning
Bold proposal for the city’s tallest
The Royal Society of Victoria has floated a bold proposal for what would become Melbourne’s tallest skyscraper on one of the city’s smallest land plots.
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Did the earth move for you?
The facade is light brown stone with chiaroscuro in the monumental sunken windows at the top, which peek out above the trees of Swanston St like an alien intelligence.
Read MoreGough Music Spark
Jack Ladder surveyed the scene at Rocksteady Records, Mitchell House, Lonsdale St, CBD.
Read MoreMaking money by destroying culture
So, it seems that people have taken to advertising on street art hot spots. Paste up advertising or street advertising is killing much of the important lanes in the CBD and inner city.
Read MoreA royal couple
Janni and Sofia walk their two Jack Russell pups twice a day near their CBD home.
Read MoreMore large-scale proxy farming
In our April column we reported on two apartment buildings where owners were suffering after proxy farmers stitched up lucrative contracts.
Read MoreHeritage Victoria steps up
Some recent decisions affecting CBD heritage have affirmed that Heritage Victoria (HV) no longer wants to be seen as a rubber stamp – as many involved in heritage activism have thought it had become over the past decade.
Read MoreBig digs ploughing on
The state’s biggest ever archaeology digs are ploughing on as round-the-clock excavation continues.
Read MoreUnion rally stopped CBD
A massive workers union rally brought the CBD to a standstill on May 9, with tens of thousands of advocates taking to the street to rally for better wage and welfare.
Read MoreWhy do you choose to live in the CBD?
What is it that makes people reject a leafy suburb or an area close into the city like Southbank, East Melbourne, Docklands or North Melbourne?
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Socialists set sights on city council
Caught in tight places
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