The verdict on Barangaroo
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The verdict on Barangaroo

Construction started on one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects 10 years ago and after backflips,clashes and dead deals,the Barangaroo precinct is almost complete. The Herald looks at what has worked,what hasn’t and what lessons can be learnt for Sydney’s future city-building.

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How Barangaroo’s Crown Tower has changed Sydney’s skyline

How Barangaroo’s Crown Tower has changed Sydney’s skyline

Viewing Sydney’s CBD from its north,east,south and west vantage points highlights just how much development at Barangaroo has shaped our city.

  • byAnthony Segaert
What are you all smoking? Barangaroo is fine - it might even be great
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What are you all smoking? Barangaroo is fine - it might even be great

It was never going to please everybody,and it’s important to have a healthy debate - but Sydney,please,must we complain so much?

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Bedevilled from the start’:What Barangaroo can teach Sydney about planning

‘Bedevilled from the start’:What Barangaroo can teach Sydney about planning

Planners,architects and even the premier agree:in current and future state significant projects,the government must take more control.

  • byMichael Koziol andMegan Gorrey
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Barangaroo stole our skyline and belittled the Opera House
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Barangaroo stole our skyline and belittled the Opera House

So dominant is its feature excrescence,the Crown casino,that Barangaroo has transformed the way we see our city.

  • byMargot Saville
Barangaroo:From the Hungry Mile to Australia’s most expensive neighbourhood
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Barangaroo:From the Hungry Mile to Australia’s most expensive neighbourhood

As rags-to-riches stories go,Barangaroo’s is a doozy:from a Depression-era road known as the “Hungry Mile” to the most expensive real estate in the country.

  • byLucy Macken
‘One lady shed tears’:Battle to recognise Barangaroo’s rich Indigenous history

‘One lady shed tears’:Battle to recognise Barangaroo’s rich Indigenous history

Barangaroo fought for her headland home but Indigenous culture is now lost among “tall buildings and casinos”,leaders say

  • byJulie Power
Barangaroo’s ‘phallic forest’ a monument to Sydney’s impotence
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Barangaroo’s ‘phallic forest’ a monument to Sydney’s impotence

Barangaroo is,sadly,a great example of developer-led city-making that gifts public land to private interests without community benefit.

  • byClover Moore
Old enemies cop it sweet in Keating and Perrottet’s architecture double act

Old enemies cop it sweet in Keating and Perrottet’s architecture double act

The Premier could only watch in bemusement as the former prime minister took aim at the Institute of Architects,Lord Mayor Clover Moore and even the Herald.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘A symbol of wealth’:Architects give their verdict on Crown’s Barangaroo tower

‘A symbol of wealth’:Architects give their verdict on Crown’s Barangaroo tower

At 275 metres,One Barangaroo is Sydney’s tallest building,but architects find it hard to see its beauty.

  • byJulie Power
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Crown Barangaroo bets on Asian tourism

Crown Barangaroo bets on Asian tourism

Crown Barangaroo’s new owners will target high net-worth tourists as part of a plan to revitalise the gambling giant’s $2.2b investment.

  • byColin Kruger
Public interest consistently sacrificed in Barangaroo evolution
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Public interest consistently sacrificed in Barangaroo evolution

Successive modifications to Barangaroo have seen public interests sacrificed in favour of commercial ones.

  • byHelen Lochhead
‘One chance to get this right’:Government orders shorter,smaller buildings at Central Barangaroo
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‘One chance to get this right’:Government orders shorter,smaller buildings at Central Barangaroo

Premier Dominic Perrottet will visit Barangaroo with former prime minister Paul Keating on Thursday after rejecting developer Aqualand’s plans.

  • byMichael Koziol
A giant cavern beneath Barangaroo is about to bridge gaps to greater Sydney

A giant cavern beneath Barangaroo is about to bridge gaps to greater Sydney

The precinct has been a hive of activity as the construction of buildings,parks and dining strips transform the foreshore. It’s been buzzing below the surface too.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Barangaroo is rubbish and now its wretched offspring are spawning across Sydney
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Barangaroo is rubbish and now its wretched offspring are spawning across Sydney

The prized site stands as the manifestation of a corrupted process. They should have tossed this plan in the bin,not our winning design.

  • byPhilip Thalis
‘What are the next steps?’:Final stage of Barangaroo in limbo

‘What are the next steps?’:Final stage of Barangaroo in limbo

Sydney’s long-awaited Central Barangaroo development has been dogged by a high-stakes Supreme Court battle,public backlash and ministerial intervention.

  • byMegan Gorrey
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A gift or a curse? Keating’s Barangaroo vision 10 years on

A gift or a curse? Keating’s Barangaroo vision 10 years on

Construction started on one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects 10 years ago. After backflips,clashes and dead deals,the Barangaroo precinct is almost complete. Has it been a success?

  • byMichael Koziol
Ugly concrete slab to shining jewel:mission accomplished at Barangaroo
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Ugly concrete slab to shining jewel:mission accomplished at Barangaroo

The NSW premier writes that,10 years on,the bold vision for Barangaroo has been realised,and it reclaims the grandeur of the landmark that predated the flat concrete wasteland of recent times.

  • byDominic Perrottet
Central Barangaroo tower developer should be compensated,says Keating
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Central Barangaroo tower developer should be compensated,says Keating

Aqualand warned the viability of the project is under consideration after Planning Minister Anthony Roberts’ intervention to kill off a proposed luxury tower.

  • byMichael Koziol
Unrealised Barangaroo:The plans for the precinct that never eventuated

Unrealised Barangaroo:The plans for the precinct that never eventuated

More than 130 architects entered the 2005 design competition for what is now Barangaroo,with ideas for canals,waterside pools,and green roofs. Not one proceeded. Not even the winner.

  • byJulie Power