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Preston Market Update: October 2019
The decision of the DADA and Save our Preston Market Heritage Register application was published on the 18th of September. We were not successful in proving the statewide significance of the market to achieve a listing on the register but the Heritage Council Victoria did make make a recommendation to local council and/or the state […]
Preston Market Update: Preston Leader
The Preston Leader has the following article on their Facebook page. Happy reading. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/save-our-preston-market-group-says-council-waved-white-flag/news-story/69bff97da9f5ca6800ddaee3e108d0f0
Preston Market Update: 20th August 2019
At the planning committee meeting last night the majority of Darebin Councilors voted to effectively demolish Preston Market in favour of moving and rebuilding it, even though the most recent report commissioned by council says that the key attributes of the market cannot be preserved in a new building at a new site. In […]
PRESTON MARKET: Heritage Council Victoria Registration Hearing
Chris Erlandsen and I, together, have written over 20 thousand words for the heritage application for Preston Market. A big thanks to those of you who added to this with your personal submissions in support. No thanks to Darebin Council, excluding Councillor Grecco, who have been fighting the community push for a heritage listing […]
What Doesn’t Work, Why?
What Works, Why?
Borneo Sporenburg in Amsterdam where high density doesn’t mean high rise. The buildings are unique and built by different owners/developers, St Killda Junction, where high rise is not just grey and white. The cantilevered floors break up sheer visual mass. Softer coloured cladding toward the top of the building helps it fade into the background. […]
Heritage Council of Victoria: The Executive Director’s Recommendation
We should have posted these earlier so that you can read what the Executive Director recommended. ED RECOMMENDATION – PRESTON MARKET – NOT INCLUDE – FINAL
Darebin Car Parking Strategy
Car parking access has long been an issue in over-development applications in Darebin. Here is a chance to influence a new parking strategy for Darebin. Follow the link to complete the survey. Re: Car parking strategy for Darebin Council is currently developing a car parking strategy for Darebin and wants to hear the community’s views […]
Darebin Council refuse to support DADA’s application for Heritage listing for Preston Market (17/12/2018)
Here we are again, the night before Christmas and Darebin Council are making critical decisions about Preston Market. At the Darebin Council Meeting last night despite submissions from DADA, Save our Preston Market, The Darebin Progress Association, Darebin Ratepayers and Darebin Ethnic Communities Council, asking for councils support for the heritage application Council decided to […]