Fishermans Bend Forum reflections
‘Not another Docklands’ It was hardly surprising that a recurrent theme expressed by many at the Fishermans Bend forum on 7 July 2013 was ‘not another Docklands’. Port Places is keen to delve a little...
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Toyota
A Port view – after Toyota announced that it will cease manufacturing cars in Australia in 2017. Smoke from the fires around Melbourne was in the air. The Australian car industry’s “birth was driven...
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The view from the Norm Goss stand
Fred Cook was signing copies of Paul Amy’s Fabulous Fred: the strife and times of Fred Cook at North Port Oval today. Amy’s book has prompted many reminiscences about Cook’s fabulous football career....
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Melbourne Day
What does Melbourne’s birthday mean to you? There were celebrations on the river today to mark the founding of Melbourne on 30 August 1834. The Melbourne Day website skates thinly over the...
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A fresh look at Fishermans Bend?
Angophera costata bark in the rain While indifferent to the arbitrarily determined start date of summer, I can’t get enough of the bark shedding on the angophora costata in Port Melbourne – revealing...
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Reasons for optimism
On 3 December 2014, Port Places wrote: ‘The election of the Labor government is an opportunity to pause and re-think Fishermans Bend as a wholistic urban renewal project not just focused on exciting...
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Flying a kite
May 2015 The tram bridge crossing appears to be off the table in the review of planning for Fishermans Bend. ‘The no bridge stance was promised in opposition and that stance will not change’ according...
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Seeing Red
When this warehouse thrust itself on my attention, I didn’t realise that it was part of 60-82 Johnson Street – one of the three developments approved by Minister Wynne on Friday 22 May. The...
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Little on Lorimer
16 07 2015 85-93 Lorimer Street Following the introduction of interim height controls by the Minister for Planning Richard Wynne, the proposal for this site has been revised and a permit issued....
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A Wider View of Heritage in Fishermans Bend
An argument for a precinct wide approach to heritage recognition in Fishermans Bend This week, the National Trust revealed that the sprawling factory on Salmon Street had a secret life as a tank...
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The Highline
‘But at this epoch the Melbourne craze was the Highline. On this subject ran conversation principally and dreams entirely. With this mania men and women were all bitten alike, and it was perpetually...
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Legacy
Might Port Melbourne’s Railway Reserves be a model for Fishermans Bend? Too easy to take the wonderful Railway Reserves in Port Melbourne for granted. Land for this linear Park was reserved at the...
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Planning for 150 Turner St
City of Melbourne does not find much to support in the application for 150 Turner St While the Minister for Planning is the Responsible Authority for this application in the Lorimer Precinct of...
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Two Parks on the Yarra
Merri Creek and Westgate Park celebrate milestone birthdays in 2015 An egret flies over a constructed wetland in Westgate Park Merri Creek’s transformation ‘From wasteland to parkland’ is being...
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Affordable Housing and Fishermans Bend
24 October 2015 This week the Fishermans Bend Ministerial Advisory Committee released its first report. The findings and recommendations were widely reported, including coverage in The Age (20/10)...
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Normanby Road – the new City Road?
Normanby Road the new City Road? The high rise towers along City Road, Southbank are often cited as an urban outcome to be avoided, rather than repeated. Yet a survey of planning applications suggest...
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The Walking Test
The best things about Docklands are its walkability*, excellent public transport and convenience to entertainment and services, according to residents who participated in an open conversation at...
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Looking ahead in Port Places
At the close of 2015, the stage is set for profound change in Port Places in the immediate and long term future. Dow St, Port Melbourne Fishermans Bend In 2015, the Fishermans Bend urban renewal...
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Turning Point in Port Places
1 March 2016 Another truck crashed into the Montague Bridge. A crash on the Westgate Bridge at 12.45pm caused traffic chaos until evening. Facebook’s early morning announcement that it was the first...
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News in Port: week ending 29.05.2016
Fishermans Bend – change in emphasis Planning Minister Wynne has put out a revised vision for Fishermans Bend for feedback and contribution. The ungainly term FBURA has been dropped. It is Fishermans...
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