Author: Your Herald
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RIA, Leederville by DAVID BELL: It speaks volumes when a suburban venue is packed on a weeknight. A previous attempt to drop by Leederville legend Ria had seen us turned away on a Tuesday, but trying our luck again we managed to recently slip into this Oxford Street institution. I lived with a Malay for…
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Dianella is named after the Dianella revoluta, a native flax lily that once grew in abundance in the area. The suburb has gone gangbusters since development kicked off in the 1960s—sad for the local lily, but great for home-owners, with real estate agents dubbing one section “the golden triangle” due to the high prices homes…
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VINCENT mayor Alannah MacTiernan says her own daughter was accosted in Highgate by men looking for paid sex. She revealed the information at a council meeting that decided to proceed with a plan to use the council website to name and shame people convicted of soliciting street-walkers within Vincent boundaries. “This is not about revenge,…
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THE Crea family has lived on Vincent Street for almost 50 years and is happy to see new public art on their street. Rosaria and Pasquale moved into their house in 1964. Originally from Italy, Mr Crea came to Australia first to find work on the railroad, and a few years later brought his wife…
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THE Public Transport Authority has downed tools after been caught doing railworks in East Perth without planning approval or going through consultation. Local residents were incensed when the PTA started expanding the sidings at Claisebrook—behind their houses—without any community consultation. PTA spokesperson David Hynes says the PTA had thought it owned the land so approval…
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“PARKLETS” are set to spring up across Vincent. The council has approved a nine-month installation of the makeshift parking-bay cafes, following a successful trial on the Oxford Street strip. Businesses located along sections of Scarborough Beach, Chelmsford and Raglan Roads and Oxford, William, Angove, Brisbane and Bulwer Streets will be invited to plonk a parklet…
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AFTER years of delays Hyde Park’s restoration is almost finished. Last Friday federal Perth Labor MP Stephen Smith and Vincent mayor Alannah MacTiernan launched the lakes’ sparkling new look, but the all-important “bio-filter” to help keep the water clean is not yet installed. Ms MacTiernan says the works will help stop water levels fall in…
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GREENS & CO owner Stuart Lofthouse has removed the We Love Naomi Clark sign from his Oxford Street business. Mr Lofthouse told the Voice he took the sign down voluntarily as it had “served its purpose” and the council had not asked for its removal. “The purpose wasn’t to question who she was, but to…
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THE Buddhist furnace at the Harold Street Indo-China Benevolent Association will be allowed to stay. Residents had complained the unauthorised incinerator—used to burn paper money and incense for the dead—was smoking out the neighbourhood and causing health issues. Ian Lu, an architect with the association, said they’d be willing to tone down use of the…
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NORTH PERTH’S Macedonian community is set to get a new church after using one for more than 30 years that’s pointed the wrong way. In the 1970s local Macedonians moved into the former Anglican church on Angove Street. Its altar points south, not east, and they cannot perform traditional Easter ceremonies as the church abuts…
