Author: Your Herald
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newsclips THE ageing Carillon Arcade (right) is up for an $8 million facelift (far right). Landowner Hawaiian Investments has asked the PCC for the green light to close part of the arcade and demolish 35 shops over three levels. Planners reckon the spruce-up, with the big window area facing Forrest Place “represents a sophisticated design…
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S & T THAI, Northbridge by STEPHEN POLLOCK: With the wives missing in action, “Banner” and I rekindled our bromance with dinner at the Thai Gourmet Cafe. Nestled in the sweaty bosom of Chinatown, this modest restaurant is small and unassuming—like Bert Newton on a sun lounger. Thai Gourmet has received some rave reviews in…
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LINCOLN’S 102, Highgate: Just one street back from the hustle and bustle of Beaufort Street, perched on the corner of Lincoln and Stirling, you’ll find a cosy little neighbourhood retreat. Lincoln’s 102 is a place where the coffee is great, the food is fresh and service comes with a smile. Whether you’re chasing your daily…
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A photo taken by his grandfather 50 years ago helped North Perth’s Joshua Rampling win the student category in this year’s Iris Awards. The 29-year-old came across the picture of two young lads riding horses on a farm in Mingenew, while looking through a box of old slides at his mum’s. The boys are Rampling’s…
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It takes just one look to see why this residential domain on Mounts Bay Road is called the White Apartments. The white stucco exterior is echoed in the stunning white marble cladding of the floor and walls of the entry, including a water feature wall. To call it anything else would fly in the face…
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Gathering 60,000 followers in 10 weeks, Lost Perth would have to be one of the most popular Facebook pages in town. The site collects old images and stories of Perth, focusing on the way things used to be and the old buildings and businesses that have disappeared, and it’s captured Perth’s imagination lock stock and…
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Perth/Stirling split the ‘worst case scenario’ Vincent looks to be split down the middle in what the mayor describes as “a very poor outcome” for ratepayers. Alannah MacTiernan has heard Perth will gobble up the bit to Bulwer or Vincent Street. The rest will be swept into Stirling. She would have preferred all of Vincent going…
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Satellite navigation company TomTom allows a list of 18 Perth and Fremantle brothels to be made available to drivers as “points of interest” on its WA map. The list—created by Perth cabbie Phillip McGree— is free and can be downloaded by anyone with a compatible TomTom who connects to its online update service. It is…
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A Vincent council candidate has been banned from posting comments on the council’s official Facebook site. Perennial council critic Debbie Saunders, whose nom de plume was Bob Jones, was blocked after what council CEO John Giorgi claims was a, “series of negative comments (across a variety of matters on our Facebook page)”. Unconcerned by claims…
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A journalism academic well versed in defamation law believes Vincent city council is leaving itself wide open to being sued by people with the same names of people convicted of trawling for sex in Highgate. When Vincent first published its rogues gallery it left out middle names and suburbs and, in all but one case,…
