Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
It already has a Hyde Park, to match its namesake in London. Now, Sydney is seemingly turning to New York for inspiration, with the new public space approved this week for part of the former Carlton and United Breweries site on Broadway provisionally given the name ‘Central Park’ reports Shant Fabri Read More…
THE State Government put the M5 extension on the backburner when Premier Kristina Keneally announced her Metropolitan Transport Plan, but Tempe residents still have a fight on their hands to prevent the proposal going ahead reports Kate Carr in the Inner West Courier on 24 February 2010. Read More…
Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore MP has voiced her approval for the planned extension of the light rail service in inner Sydney after Premier Kristina Keneally announced the commitment in last weekend’s transport blueprint for Sydney writes Kevin Cheng in Central on 23 February 2010. Read More…
Construction is to begin shortly on the redevelopment of the former Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) site at Broadway, in Sydney following the approval of the site’s $6 million main public park and associated infrastructure reports Annette Shailer in The Shout on 10 February 2010. Read More…
They come straight from school, dragging parents and grandparents behind them, cartwheeling and spinning on the newly sprung dance floor of the Redfern Community Centre reports Linda Morriss in the Sydney Morning Herald of 12 March 2010. Read More…
One of the most under-recognised names in the history of NSW is John Joseph Cahill, better known as Joe, or even “Old Smoothie”. Joe Cahill represented the Cook’s River area of Sydney in the NSW parliament between 1925 and 1959. [He was also a fitter at the Eveleigh railyards] writes Phillip O’Nei Read More…
New legislation will revolutionise the future of public housing in this NSW, according to Housing Minister Mr David Borger reports Southern Courier on 1o March 2010. Read More…
Housing NSW has announced a $12 million program across three years to install CCTV surveillance, concierges and maintenance teams to improve security at the Waterloo Green housing estate – home to 1500 residents reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 10 March 2010. Read More…
Some of the most spectacular dancing you’ll ever see will happen at CarriageWorks in the Freak The Technique showcase of Platform 3 Hip Hop festival on March 20 reports Kim Shaw in the Central Magazine of 9 March 2010. Read More…
AFTER losing $7 million in the previous two years, South Sydney chairman Nicholas Pappas yesterday announced the Rabbitohs had turned a profit for the first time in recent memory last season – making them the only Sydney club to do so in 2009 reports Brad Walter in the Sydney Morning Herald of 8 Mar Read More…