Opinion
COVID-19 is challenging Adelaide’s CBD but the transformation to come might not be what many expect, particularly as the gloss comes off working from home, argues Andrew Beer.
News
The state’s key planning body has approved a project to build two 32-storey towers behind the heritage-listed Newmarket Hotel on the corner of North and West Terrace, despite them standing 65m higher than the recommended local limit and forcing a change to the flight path of incoming aircraft.
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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.
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.
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.
