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Planning and Development

High-rise to top old house

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Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun (14-08-2017) about proposal to redevelop Ascot Lodge, 1081 Hoddle Street by adding to it another seven storeys. Objections have been raised over excessive height, lack of parking and over-development. The article mentions 'Scarfy', a well known identity who used to sell footy scarves from his window.

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Melbourne Football Club looks for new home

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Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposal by the Melbourne Football Club to use part of Gosch's Paddock for its new headquarters. The Club had previously tried to obtain the use of part of Yarra Park.

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Shadow looms over Treasury Square plan

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Newspaper clipping about the controversy over the proposal for a major development of the land newly named Treasury Square which lies between Wellington Parade South and Batman Avenue.  Greg Bisinella, planning spokesperson for the East Melbourne Group, puts a strong case against.

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Social housing 'fail' for Peter Mac site

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Newspaper clipping commenting on the proposed redevelopment of the Peter MacCallum Hospital site in East Melbourne. It is proposed that the land will be come luxury apartments but Melbourne City Council has criticised the plan on the grounds that there is no provision for public housing.
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Such is the life of historic house now in disrepair

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Newspaper clipping about Valetta, 206 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, its history and its steady decline due to many years of neglect.
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Swan St fix might be new footbridge

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Newspaper clipping about plans to create another car lane and build a new pedestrian footpath on the Swan Street Bridge. The article also refers to an upgrade of Hoddle Street which will involve the creation of 'continuous flow' intersections.
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The Interface betweeen Public and Private Territories in Residential Areas

A study by University of Melbourne architecture students under the supervision of Jan Gehl, School of Architecture, Royal Academy, Copenhagen in 1976. It compares and analyses soft and hard interfaces between public and private space across a variety of Melbourne's suburbs, and the importance these have on social interaction.
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Treasury Square - Gas and Fuel-style debacle looms

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A newpaper clipping giving commentary on the proposed development of the newly named Treasury Square.  This is land is currently owned by VicTrack and is on the boundary between East Melbourne and the City and is at the junction of Flinders Street, Spring Street and Wellington Parade. The writer, Dr James Lesh, makes a strong case against the development.

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Treasury Square project

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Newspaper clipping about the controversy over the proposal for a major development of the land newly named Treasury Square which lies between Wellington Parade South and Batman Avenue.  Greg Bisinella of the East Melbourne Group is critical of the plan.

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