Removal of historic Willow Grove starts to make way for Parramatta Powerhouse

Removal of historic Willow Grove starts to make way for Parramatta Powerhouse

Work has started to bring down the last surviving example of a riverside villa in the Parramatta CBD.

  • byLinda Morris

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Are the cabbies correct? Which Chau Chak Wing building is the star?

Are the cabbies correct? Which Chau Chak Wing building is the star?

Is it the"scrunched-up paper bag"building at UTS or Sydney University's concrete bunker-like museum which is the better piece of architecture?

  • byElizabeth Farrelly
Central Park v Barangaroo:which one triumphs and why?
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Spectrum

Central Park v Barangaroo:which one triumphs and why?

Two attention-grabbing developments have changed the face of inner Sydney. Why is one more powerful than the other?

  • byElizabeth Farrelly
Over 10 years,Sydney has lost much. But have we become kinder?

Over 10 years,Sydney has lost much. But have we become kinder?

Revisiting her acclaimed book on the city,Delia Falconer laments so many losses and wonders if dark-hearted Sydney has become gentler,more villagey.

  • byDelia Falconer
What is planned for Sydney's mysterious new mega-agency?
Opinion
Sydney

What is planned for Sydney's mysterious new mega-agency?

A new agency will oversee some of Sydney's most important parklands but we know little about what it's doing or whether it will be enshrined in law.

  • byLinda Bergin
'Slap in the face':Daughter of legendary aviator warns against Powerhouse move
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'Slap in the face':Daughter of legendary aviator warns against Powerhouse move

Gai Taylor,whose father made the first flight from Sydney to Chile in a Catalina aircraft hanging in the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo,fears the plane will be wrecked during the institution's relocation.

  • byTim Barlass
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'Bodies in front of machinery':Parramatta Powerhouse hit by boycott

'Bodies in front of machinery':Parramatta Powerhouse hit by boycott

The CFMEU NSW says it will block the demolition of two historic buildings due to make way for the controversial riverside museum.

  • byLinda Morris
Sydney Harbour parklands have been a great deal for taxpayers,so why not finish the job?
Opinion
Sussan Ley

Sydney Harbour parklands have been a great deal for taxpayers,so why not finish the job?

A growing Sydney needs to treasure its Harbour parklands. Completing the job must be a priority.

  • byLinda Bergin
Parramatta Powerhouse opening delayed
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Parramatta Powerhouse opening delayed

Construction of the new Powerhouse is unlikely to finish before 2024,three years after the current Ultimo location closes its doors.

  • byLinda Morris
Powerhouse push slammed as more'pleasure palace'than museum

Powerhouse push slammed as more'pleasure palace'than museum

A new model of cultural museum will rise out of the ashes of the Powerhouse but not everyone is happy.

  • byLinda Morris
My federal colleagues dudded NSW on Sydney Harbour
Opinion
Opinion

My federal colleagues dudded NSW on Sydney Harbour

The NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces writes of his anger at being kept in the dark by Coalition colleagues in Canberra about the harbour's future.

  • byRob Stokes