Every day, residents of Sydney’s Inner West enjoy historic public spaces which were built during the Great Depression. Some of … More
Author: Mark Skelsey
Sydney Tools forced to rip down garish Dulwich Hill signage
The Dulwich Hill community and Inner West Council has scored a major victory by forcing the Sydney Tools hardware store … More
Sad fate of this once-proud timber home shows the need to better protect our heritage
The near destruction of a Dulwich Hill heritage home – which has been stripped to its original wooden bones and … More
Secrets undermining the quest to protect the Inner West’s magical hidden place – the Dibble Avenue waterhole
Cities, by and large, are bad for the soul. Motorways, office buildings, shopping centres, apartment buildings and housing estates play … More
Our rare opportunity to create an Inner-West riverside oasis
There are many great reasons why Sydney’s inner-west is a great place to live, including our heritage neighbourhoods, buzzing main … More
It’s time to ‘think small’ about our cities
Residents of cities across Australia are regularly urged to ‘think big’. It’s become commonplace for State and local governments, often … More
Why Sirius should come down – ASAP
About 1,000 people today rallied to save the Sirius building in The Rocks – and I wasn’t one of them. … More
How the youth of today could force up our retirement age
“New breed of bludger” cried the front page headline in today’s Sydney Daily Telegraph, alongside a photo of two young … More
Do Sydneysiders act like noisy galahs?
A recent holiday to Japan had me thinking about Australian birds. Big, noisy birds such as cockatoos, kookaburras and crows. … More
Why is Sydney enjoying the high life?
There was a time when high-rise buildings were the natural enemy of community activists. They were practically seen as the … More
Changing Sydney 