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Emma Coulter’s colourful creation a symbol of city’s resilience
Next time you’re in the CBD, keep an eye out for the latest colourful artwork adorning the Metro Tunnel Project’s City Square work site.
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Agency experiences and insights: Southbank Residential
Southbank Residential director Mel McLennan has spent the past 20 years in Southbank developing a wealth of local knowledge and 18 years’ experience in owners’ corporation management, finance, and building management in Clarendon Towers
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Positive local response to NGV Contemporary
There are some pretty heroic buildings around the island site earmarked for the new NGV Contemporary in Southbank Boulevard.
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Training ground for baby falcons
On Monday, March 1 there was a strange sighting down at Westgate Park.
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Land swap for promenade park
The City of Melbourne has swapped a small parcel of land with a developer in exchange for a new public park on Southbank Promenade larger than two basketball courts.
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Freshwater Place finds home for local artwork
New artwork is being displayed on empty shopfronts at Southbank’s Freshwater Place under a City of Melbourne initiative to display works by local artists on temporarily vacant spaces.
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Michael Gudinski
The Bart Cummings of the Melbourne music scene, Michael Gudinski of House Mushroom passed on in the first days of March.
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Buxton to see the light once again
Buxton Contemporary will reopen its doors on March 12 for its new exhibition This brittle light: Light Source commissions 2020-2021.
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French impressionism to feature at NGV
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced its 2021 Winter Masterpieces season featuring the French Impressionism exhibition from The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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Major new exhibition at ACCA
A major new exhibition of work by Yhonnie Scarce will open at the Australian Centre for Contemporary (ACCA) Art this month.
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The accidental artist
It was pure chance that led recent Photography Studies College (PSC) graduate Gary Tate to study photography.
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COVID has brought about one massive positive! What is it?
COVID has brought about one massive positive! What is it?
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Waiting for a tram in Southbank
President, Australian Art Deco & Modernism Society Melbourne boasts a tramways network. Multiple lines to the south and east run through Southbank along the beautiful tree-lined boulevard of St Kilda Rd. A major part of the network is the tram shelters
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Hugh and his special stolen Specialized
This month I have a particularly good news story coming out of Southbank Police Station.
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A familiar face returns to Melbourne’s luxury apartment market
Ray White Georgina Zeneldin (née Dakdouk) had been a friendly face in the community, especially among luxury property listings, for many years before departing to expand her real estate career and knowledge in Dubai’s luxury property market
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Get ready, ‘cause here we come!
Staying true to summer’s elevated energy, we started the year very actively and energetically. Following a successful “Upcycle Christmas!”
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Every time I put my four-year-old daughter Genevieve to bed, she asks for a Jupiter story.
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TBMs forge ahead towards city centre
Tunnelling in Domain is in full swing following the relaunch of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Millie and Alice.
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Palm trees cause a stir at Southbank Boulevard
The first sign of greening at Southbank Boulevard emerged last month with fresh grass laid down out the front of the ABC building, but the installation of a series of palm trees has raised many eyebrows.
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Kennedy Park
Southbank’s new park at Kavanagh St will be renamed Kennedy Park, in honour of Australian actress Patricia Carmel Stewart “Pat” Kennedy, under a proposal by the City of Melbourne and Melbourne Square developer OSK Property.
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