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Inside Inner West Council’s long-awaited plans for Parramatta Rd

Over the last few decades, Sydneysiders have been repeatedly promised urban renewal of the city’s very own ‘varicose vein’ –…

Sneak peek at retro icon Henson Park’s sleek, modern future

The historic grandstand which has graced Marrickville’s Henson Park for more than 80 years could get a radical and modern…

Marrickville’s eccentric industrial icon to be replaced by affordable housing

It’s been immortalised on tea towels, greeting cards and posters and lampooned for its outrageous lime mint colour scheme and…

Heritage dreams now a pile of rubble

Before being sold in November 2019, the large Federation home at 436 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville was described by its real…

Time to repeat the urban legacy of the Great Depression

Every day, residents of Sydney’s Inner West enjoy historic public spaces which were built during the Great Depression. Some of…

Sydney Tools forced to rip down garish Dulwich Hill signage

The Dulwich Hill community and Inner West Council has scored a major victory by forcing the Sydney Tools hardware store…

Sad fate of this once-proud timber home shows the need to better protect our heritage

The near destruction of a Dulwich Hill heritage home – which has been stripped to its original wooden bones and…

Secrets undermining the quest to protect the Inner West’s magical hidden place – the Dibble Avenue waterhole

Cities, by and large, are bad for the soul. Motorways, office buildings, shopping centres, apartment buildings and housing estates play…

Our rare opportunity to create an Inner-West riverside oasis

There are many great reasons why Sydney’s inner-west is a great place to live, including our heritage neighbourhoods, buzzing main…

It’s time to ‘think small’ about our cities

Residents of cities across Australia are regularly urged to ‘think big’. It’s become commonplace for State and local governments, often…

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