heritagewhy.bsky.social
Australian urbanist in Melbourne. YIMBY. Our cities are not museums. Cargo bike parent of young kids.
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Sadly this is the case in many areas with great amenity
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Article:
www.theage.com.au/property/new...
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You can express interest in the summit, fill out a survey, or join a people's panel.
participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/m2050-vision...
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I'm struggling with images on bluesky! Half the time they don't even load and never keep my alt text. Maybe it is just a mobile thing?
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The proposal is building on an empty lot but locals think it will ovewhelm the heritage shopping strip even though it isn't demolishing any heritage
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www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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This proposal is so much better than what curranty exists. We don't have to keep bad streets the same just because they are old. Change is good.
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Also, people love ham and cheese toasties?
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Have to admit that the building he cited is a great example of why we should replace more heritage houses with apartments. Probably occupied by many downsizers, saving money and getting to stay in their neighborhoods.
We should allow many more of these developments.
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Le Grand fails to mention Matthew Guy put in new restrictive zoning afterwards that would prevent the same apartment development today. Allan is not 'upending' the balance between heritage and new housing. She is restoring it.
www.domain.com.au/news/battles...
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Her opposition is making her look strong and sensible
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
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Those trees are all on public land and not going anywhere
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The Pantheon in Rome is surrounded by 6 story buildings that are about 1000 years newer. Allows more people to appreciate the Pantheon.
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Same. The average person wants a totally modern building internally that looks quaint on the outside.
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Was wondering how that works with kids. In Sydney is it the same, do parents have to carry multiple cards around?
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It's good that they are planning for more density but a lot of people prefer to live in low traffic neighbourhood streets
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How do they fund this?
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Honestly the overreach of heritage policy forces any government trying to increase housing supply to do this. Councils will just keep adding hundreds of homes to heritage overlays unless the overlays are reformed.
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
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Every apartment dweller dreams of combining units
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My kids share a room now, so it doesn't make sense to pay for an extra bedroom. But in 3-5 years I might be willing to pay (and we will have more money when we are no longer paying for childcare).
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A lot of great stuff in there. Only issue is they recommend family apartments are 10% larger (ie 10% more expensive). I wish there would be more around design in the same footprint to keep costs low.
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I like the ideas in the podcast, but I do see them more as design choices and not policy options. It would be really challenging to regulate child-friend apartment buildings without some unfortunate unintended consequences.
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The podcast does a great job of explaining less costly options for family-friendly design, suggesting unit size may not matter as much as child-friendly amenity and community.