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The “three little boys” from Lake Street. THIS week’s Vincent Local History Centre story “Three Boys in Lake Street” comes from Con Christ. The local history awards are coming up again and this was a 2018 winner of the Geoffrey Bolton Award for a written piece on life in Vincent. If you have a tale,…
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IF you’re like me, you’ve walked past the entrance to McLean Lane – the alleyway linking Murray and King Streets – many times without venturing in. You know the one – Santorini-blue paint, colourful hanging lamps. For me, it has always held the promise of magic. Perhaps I have avoided it for fear it would…
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ARMED with just a handycam and lots of passion, Perth’s Antonio Traverso took to the streets of Santiago to document an art phenomenon born during the riots and civil unrest of the ‘estallido social’. Chile has been a democracy since 1990, but the legacy of General Pinochet’s dictatorship looms large, and in 2019 many citizens were…
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THE white picket fence outside this cosy Inglewood home is more than a feature – it’s an emblem of the lifestyle it offers. This property is determined to make you feel at ease. You might have to lift a finger to operate the electric front gate, but that’s about it. The low-maintenance front yard could…
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A SIXTEEN storey apartment tower has been proposed for the low-lying Fitzgerald Street strip in North Perth, but six historic shops will be demolished if it goes ahead. The shops on the Fitzgerald and Alma Streets corner date back to at least 1913 but are not protected by Vincent council’s heritage inventory. They were well known…
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THE smell of fried chicken has proved to be too much of a good thing around Lake Street, with residents around the new restaurant 7Grams Chicken calling on Vincent council to help neutralise the odours. 7Grams cooks well-loved “irresistible Korean fried chicken” but since moving from North Perth to Lake Street about six months back some…
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VINCENT’S cats should be subjected to a curfew, says a North Perth local who’s tired of seeing them stalk the neighbourhood and kill small animals. Milly Main has requested Vincent council consider a ban saying “many councils have brought in cat curfews to prevent nuisance cats from wandering at night, disturbing people on their own…
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THE controversial sale of a Beaufort Street carpark has been cancelled for now, but Vincent council will remove free one hour parking there to stop bleeding money. The council’s been pondering a plan to swap its landlocked portion of the Beaufort/Barlee Street carpark with the private owner Palassis which owns the bit facing Barlee Street. …
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THE city winter festival returns with a newly rebranded “Perth by Light” moniker for 2021, picking up some of the events that had to be skipped due to Covid lingering last year. American artist Janet Echelman’s immense sculpture 1.8 will finally be seen in Australia for the first time, after its initial 2020 Downunder debut…
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CONSTRUCTION on the new Maylands Waterland will now begin following a traditional smoking ceremony at the site. The ceremony recognised the cultural significance of the area, and was led by Balladong and Whadjuk man Vaughn McGuire. His brother Barry McGuire “was instrumental in assisting Josh Byrne and Associates in the detailed design of the site”,…
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