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The case for a Kensington precinct plan
Iconic precincts are never “planned”, they evolve. Those who have been privileged to travelled to London, Istanbul, Rome, Hanoi, Tehran or any other ancient city, know an iconic place when they savour one.
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From the courts to the Olympics
Considered the world’s number one urban sport, 3x3 basketball is on a meteoric rise from the streets to the biggest stage in world sport: the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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“Problematic”: Community concerned new school could sew division
While most North Melbournians welcome a new school, the community has raised concerns that the Victorian Government’s proposed $36 million North Melbourne Hill Primary School has progressed without consultation.
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Does urban renewal need a rethink?
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s one of Australia’s first large-scale urban renewal projects was built in Kensington. With two major urban renewals now under way in North Melbourne, are there lessons to be learnt from the nearby Kensington Banks?
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Kensington Primary still needs its fix
After years of campaigning for funding to fix major problems at Kensington Primary School, the Minister for Education visited the school to take a look in late February.
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78 Seniors: friendship, support and loving thy neighbour
“Loneliness is the biggest disease on the pensioner.”
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Melbourne Music Week dives into Kensington
Soul-searching insights into Kensington’s identity, culture, and sense of community were on display in Melbourne Music Week’s (MMW’s) new podcast Narratives of Neighbourhood.
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Curran St apartments approved
A proposed block of apartments in North Melbourne has been given the green light by the City of Melbourne despite more than 40 objections from neighbouring residents.
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No Wurundjeri Way sound barrier
“Terrible resonance.” That’s how West Melbourne residents describe the noise from countless heavy freight trains rumbling by their front doors every day.
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Landmark LGBTIQ+ report documents local history
On March 1 the Australian Queer Archives and Heritage Victoria launched A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects, a ground-breaking study of queer people, places, objects and stories in Victoria.
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Small wins at the Spring Carnival
Final plan endorsed to green Roden St
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