Last week I ascended the stair for the first time. stair to the Sky Park off Collins St The instagramable Denton Corker Marshall designed stair leads to the Sky Park. I'd been keen, very keen, to see the new Park which opened earlier this year. It is just the first part of a 2,000 sq m open …
Docklands
POPS
A heritage dome in a development precinct
The domed building sits to one side of the Mission to Seafarers - apart but connected. The concrete dome contrasts with the red tiled roof and more domestic looking Mission buildings designed by Walter Butler. Funds to build a gymnasium for seafarers when in Port was raised by members of the …
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Flinders Bank
John Lack, the historian of Footscray, bemoans the quality of today's local papers.1 He wonders where future local historians will find the detail of the debates in councils that were covered in local papers of yore. The audio recordings of Council meetings are an excellent source. While they may …
The last weekend in July
The last weekend in July is Open House Melbourne and National Tree Day - a clash or a convergence of the built and the natural environment? A convergence for me at the Banksia apartments in Docklands where tours were being offered. There were queues and time was limited so I exploreed around the …
Port places
North Wharf, Docklands All is upheaval and keep out fences as work begins on the restoration of North Wharf between the Charles Grimes and the Seafarers Bridge - a condition of the approval of a new development on the sliver of land next to the Mission to Seafarers on Flinders St. When the Charles …
Banksia at NewQuay
In 1995, Michael and Andrew Buxton created MAB Corporation and kickstarted waterfront development in Port Melbourne when they created the Anchorage from the former Swallow and Ariell biscuit factory. Two years later MAB entered into a development agreement with the then Docklands Authority for the …