Before being sold in November 2019, the large Federation home at 436 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville was described by its real … More
Author: Mark Skelsey
Time to repeat the urban legacy of the Great Depression
Every day, residents of Sydney’s Inner West enjoy historic public spaces which were built during the Great Depression. Some of … More
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
