New documents paint an age-old tale of Sydney in which politics and power ultimately trumped an Indigenous cultural vision.
Quay Quarter Tower may have been voted the world’s best building and top skyscraper,but it didn’t get the top gong in a poll of nearly 3400 Herald readers.
High on the list of demands from noise-averse harbourside residents is a ban on boats anchoring or lingering in harbour bays – even during the day.
Fried chicken,caviar,champagne and sweeping views of the harbour are a perfect afternoon.
An inquiry has revealed details of what a fight over access to harbour views from Barangaroo cost the taxpayers of NSW.
The NSW Heritage Council is pushing for Sydney to join other major cities,including London,in protecting defining panoramas of the skyline.
After 10 years of backflips,clashes and deals,the Barangaroo precinct is almost complete. We analyse one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects.
More than 130 architects entered the 2005 design competition,with ideas that included canals,waterside pools,and green roofs. Not one proceeded. Not even the winner.
Viewing Sydney’s CBD from its north,east,south and west vantage points highlights just how much development at Barangaroo has shaped our city.
Planners,architects and even the premier agree:in current and future state significant projects,the government must take more control.
It was never going to please everybody,and it’s important to have a healthy debate - but Sydney,please,must we complain so much?