This French city was once a crime hub. It could teach Melbourne how to green its laneways
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This French city was once a crime hub. It could teach Melbourne how to green its laneways

Melbourne spent millions in a failed attempt to green its grey laneways. A successful scheme shows the better way to beautify the city comes from empowering residents.

  • byJustine Costigan

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Councils alarmed by government orders that could double housing. See the plans for your area
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Councils alarmed by government orders that could double housing. See the plans for your area

Councils across Melbourne warn of fundamental changes to their suburbs after the state government ordered them to find space for millions of new homes.

  • byCara Waters andJosh Gordon
Melbourne spent $2.2m greening four laneways. Some pot plants remain
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Melbourne spent $2.2m greening four laneways. Some pot plants remain

The City of Melbourne program was completed in 2017,but there is little to show for the money now.

  • byCara Waters
Victoria needs millions of new homes. Here’s where they will be built

Victoria needs millions of new homes. Here’s where they will be built

Councils will be told to find room for thousands of new homes as the government releases fresh targets to boost housing stock by more than 2 million.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Thousands of people are moving into this area. Where’s the green space?

Thousands of people are moving into this area. Where’s the green space?

Apartment towers have been approved in Macaulay,but for five years the state government has sat on plans to create parkland.

  • bySophie Aubrey
Melbourne’s controversial sculpture vaults its way to heritage listing
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Melbourne’s controversial sculpture vaults its way to heritage listing

Ron Robertson-Swann’s sculpture Vault has had its share of admirers and detractors across more than four decades. Now it is destined for heritage listing.

  • byStephen Brook
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‘The Opera House of service stations’:Heritage plan for West Gate canopies

‘The Opera House of service stations’:Heritage plan for West Gate canopies

The sails on the West Gate service stations are set to be protected by a heritage overlay after the canopies were found to be of local significance.

  • byCara Waters
Greenline project’s future in doubt as council funding dries up

Greenline project’s future in doubt as council funding dries up

The City of Melbourne on Tuesday unveiled its $781 million draft budget,which crept into surplus for the first time in five years.

  • byCara Waters andSophie Aubrey
Council car parks to make way for ‘affordable’ housing in budget plan
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Council car parks to make way for ‘affordable’ housing in budget plan

Two car parks will be converted into 100 apartments under a plan to be outlined in the City of Melbourne’s budget next week.

  • byCara Waters
Pulped fiction:Thousands of library books removed as collection culled

Pulped fiction:Thousands of library books removed as collection culled

A truckload of books has been taken away under plans to reduce shelving at Melbourne’s City Library and replace it with meeting spaces.

  • byTom Cowie
Council orders former Goldfingers strip club site to be turned into a park

Council orders former Goldfingers strip club site to be turned into a park

The derelict site of the former Kilkenny Inn and Goldfingers strip club will be turned into a temporary park by the City of Melbourne because construction on a promised multimillion-dollar development won’t begin next month.

  • byCara Waters