That was the week that was…
Posted: July 30, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA commentary on stories in the news over the last week bearing on urbanism and it’s discontents
Is a drug death memorial a suspect idea?
Posted: July 26, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA proposed public memorial to those who died from a drug overdose wouldn’t do any harm but smacks of creating an edgy amenity for inner city residents
Is a drug death memorial a suspect idea?
Will Melbourne run dry in a decade?
Posted: July 24, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe mainstream media likes to frame news to convey a sense of impending disaster – like Melbourne’s running out of water – but in this case it’s out of its depth
Will Melbourne run dry in a decade?
Is popular support for city growth disappearing?
Posted: July 24, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentNo matter what experts think, slowing population growth – and hence immigration – seems to be a very powerful political idea winning support across the demographic board
Is popular support for city growth disappearing?
Is Melbourne Metro being built too fast?
Posted: July 11, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Sunday Age reckons the Andrews Government has cynically chosen to use an inferior tunnelling method so it can get the Melbourne Metro rail project finished faster
Is Melbourne Metro being built too fast?
Should corridors be protected for HSR?
Posted: July 10, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentInfrastructure Australia reckons protecting corridors for East Coast High Speed Rail would save billions, but the case hasn’t been made that the project makes sense
Should corridors be protected for HSR?
Are outer growth suburbs dystopian?
Posted: July 5, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe media loves to portray fringe growth suburbs as hell on earth and suggest they should be done away with. But they’re neither optional nor dystopian
Are outer growth suburbs dystopian?
Is faux heritage the future?
Posted: July 4, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentMelbourne City Council requires the facade of this old pub to be retained when redeveloped even though the building has no demonstrated heritage value
Is immigration ruining our cities?
Posted: July 3, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Age ran a set of stories on the weekend geared around the idea that immigration-fuelled population growth is seriously damaging Melbourne’s “celebrated liveability”
Is immigration ruining our cities?
The Melbourne Urbanist 