AMID debate over Bayswater council’s heritage list roll-out, one veteran theatre lover couldn’t be happier to see Maylands’ Lyric Theatre finally given protection. Former Maylands local Greg Lynch has had an illustrious career in film, and it all started watching the flicks at the Lyric back in the 1940s. Now 79 and living in Victoria,…

BAYSWATER mayor Dan Bull – who previously toured with Eskimo Joe and other high-profile WA bands – is delighted Kosmic Sound has been rescued and will live on. Last month the family-owned Perth music store went into liquidation after more than 50 years in business, but it’s now been acquired by the South Australian Cleves…

A PLAN to get underground power for Vincent residents has been dismissed by council staff as unaffordable, even though it wouldn’t draw on their current coffers. The current system sees homeowners presented with a chunky bill ($8000 or more per house) and can be a big deterrent, killing projects in the community consultation stage. Former…

ABOUT 35 people have volunteered to help Bayswater council count the city’s rough sleepers in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  Volunteers will use a phone app developed by council to record the locations of people across Bayswater between 1am-3am. The data collected will be used to shape the city’s homelessness strategy and help local…

THE first stage of the reimagined Maylands Waterland may be open by November next year. Bayswater councillors unanimously approved a draft concept plan for the redevelopment, pulled together by a working group of councillors and community members, at their last meeting. The kids’ water park was too run down to open this year, and the…

BLANKET heritage zones may be applied to Bayswater and Maylands town centres. Dozens more individual properties have also been added to Bayswater council’s heritage list despite many owners saying they were not alerted. Huge dissent preceded the vote at Bayswater council’s February 25 meeting, with one deputation after another calling for the Baysie town centre…

ALONG with the two town centres, a split council also voted to apply heritage classifications to dozens of individual properties. Those rated category 1, 2 or 3 are added to the official “Heritage List” in the town planning scheme and need planning approval to make changes. Category 4 and 5 are included in a “survey”…

SEVEN of the CBD’s grandest gum trees will be removed for two high-rise towers to be built opposite Perth Arena. Singaporean-based developer Claridges’ plans for a 26-storey block of offices and a 33-storey block of units was approved by Perth’s Development Assessment Panel on February 20, with the three state government appointed experts and Perth…

THE stories behind five local and iconic live music venues will be told in a new oral history project launching on March 12. Music in Vincent is a joint project between the Vincent local history centre and the state library, which teamed up to collect stories and interview 13 prominent figures from past and present…

HIGH-RISE towers would be allowed behind the old Perth Girls School in East Perth under development guidelines currently out for comment. WA government-owned Development WA has been working with the site’s new owners on guidelines for a mixed use precinct with residential, retail, office, dining and community spaces.  Development WA is the mega-planning body resulting…