News
Holdfast Bay Council’s heritage adviser has agreed with an assessment that a 139-year-old former seafront mansion is “too far gone” to warrant local heritage listing, as the council and developers tussle over a 13-storey apartment block proposed to stand in its place.
Opinion
If Adelaide continues to allow “iconic” buildings and private developments on the park lands, a day will come when the green swathe circling the city will be indistinguishable from the suburbs and city streets surrounding it, writes urban planner Stephanie Johnston.
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Containing urban sprawl requires a new take on the often ad hoc approach to urban infill. Reimagining existing green spaces and providing new ones will encourage homebuyers not to chase a new block in a remote subdivision, while maintaining the liveability of existing suburbs, argues Julian Bolleter and Cristina E. Ramalho.
Labor’s car parking policy is yet another example of Adelaide’s insistence on a completely counter-productive approach to managing traffic, argues David Washington.
Instead of spending ever more on roads, we can learn from overseas experience in using congestion as a ‘friend’ to manage the development of transport networks and of the city itself, writes Brian Feeney.
The emergency department at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital opened this morning with a “gentle” start for doctors, but expect a big bang at the other end of town soon with the State Government set to confirm plans for the old hospital’s redevelopment.
