Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
January 17, 2012
Perth CBD Waterfront Redevelopment - 10 Reasons I Don't Give a Shit, and Nor Should You
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Architecture,
build the fucker,
CBD,
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commencing,
Department,
development,
Perth,
plan,
planning,
redevelopment,
skyscraper,
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Waterfront
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The Perth CBD Waterfront Development. Hate it or hate it, it's coming. Maybe. Chalk-lines are on the ground. AM radio talk-back switchboards are running hot. It's time you, as a proud citizen of Perth, took a personal stand to not give a shit. Presenting : Perth Waterfront - 10 Reasons I Don't Give a Shit, and Nor Should You.
February 8, 2011
Perth : McShit
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Beaufort Street,
density,
development,
face palm,
fuck that,
jan gehl,
Los Angeles,
McDonalds,
Northbridge,
Perth,
Perth City Council,
population,
restaurant,
Town of Vincent
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"The population density for JUST the CBD/central city area of Perth... is lower than that of the entire metropolitan suburban area of Los Angeles, California."
What follows is an "only in Perth" story of ineptitude and face-palmery. First, the background story. On the corner of Beaufort Street and Parry Street's in Perth City, lies a vacant block. It's been vacant for many years. Without doubt, it is one of the prime CBD fringe blocks. Walking distance to pretty much every amenity, it would be, without exaggeration, one of the most convenient places on earth to live. Free transport to your door. Supermarket across the road. (Coles, as featured in the very first post ever made here). The Weld Square park is across the road. Heart of Northbridge, a two minute walk. CBD, four minute walk. TAFE, Art Gallery, State Library, Museum, and the Good Fortune Roast Duck House, all nearby. Multi-storey residential developments popping up all around this block. Really, it's close to faultless. So what happened?

