Author: Your Herald
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Developers are circling like sharks to snap up newly sub-dividable blocks in Vincent. Due to an unforeseen quirk in new WA government rules, blocks as small as 240sqm can now be divided into tiny lots in parts of Vincent’s historic residential suburbs. Some 578 newly eligible lots exist across the city, and the council’s worried…
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The birds are back. Crows and ibis flocking to overflowing bins, at the rear of Nando’s in Mt Lawley, are still making life a misery for nearby residents on Clarence and Beaufort Streets. In April, the Voice reported that birds scavenging at the bins were defecating on nearby houses, dropping chicken bones in gutters and…
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The plan has “been through the ringer” but the old Stockade Building on Wellington Street will be saved. Most of the 1910 building will be retained in the new six-storey design by Palassis Architects. It was approved by Perth city council Tuesday night, and it’s third time lucky for the $4.5 million project. The first…
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We loved Lyndon I AM writing in response to a comment attributed to Lisa Scaffidi in the article on Lyndon Rogers (Voice, November 16, 2013). In the article she says “Lyndon is obviously smarting from a loss at the recent elections”. She then goes on to say, “possibly if he had been more engaged and…
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Classic architecture is ailing and architects have forgotten the skills of old, says local urban designer Malcolm Mackay. “The current generation of architects have lost their way, they’ve lost their training: They just put stuff together and hope it looks okay,” the Mt Hawthorn local says. “Sometimes it does, and more than often it doesn’t.”…
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It came as no surprise to discover the vendor of this Yokine property is an alternative massage therapist, working from home. All those good vibes flow through this bright and thoroughly modern abode ensuring tranquility and a sense of well-being…”A sanctuary,” she says. Internal halls are a waste of space the vendor reckoned, so she…
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Stirling city councillor Terry Tyzack wants to mount a supreme court challenge to the Barnett government’s latest amalgamation plans. He describes the decision to carve 30,000 Dianella and Inglewood residents out of Stirling and into neighbouring councils as a “disaster” that will cost Stirling $20 million. The 20-year council veteran, a former mayor, believes WA…
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A property described as “the last good brutalist building in Perth” will likely be demolished, with Perth city council’s planning committee recommending FESA House be knocked down to make way for a hotel. The WA government owns the land and is dead-set on turning it into a hotel to deal with Perth’s accommodation shortage. City…
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A SIGN went up Monday announcing Psaros had taken over development of the Beaufort Street block that’s been plagued with legal troubles. It’s almost four years now since developer Steve de Mol’s builders started sheetpiling on the site, a deep drilling process that badly damaged neighbouring buildings. The mixed office/unit development was put on hold…
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ELECTED councillors are warning a high-level proposal to privatise planning applications will further erode the community’s opportunity to have a say in its own future. The fact the issue has even been raised is being used to argue the Barnett government’s introduction of development assessment panels has been a failure. The privatisation proposal has been…
