Tag Archives: Sydney

First Encounters (or where is the Cape Town Museum?)

04 February 10 2 Comments

I visited the Museum of Sydney in December 2009. It is a relatively new museum (1995) in downtown Sydney on the site of the first Government House. It is architecturally inserted into the base of a large office tower building. I was curious to see how the story…

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Laneways, Sydney: Using Public Art to Revitalise City Spaces

17 January 10 2 Comments

While in Sydney, I was taken on a fantastic walking tour of some of the laneways that are part of a CBD lane revitalisation strategy. One of the ways in which this is being done is through an innovative urban art installation project called By George! Hidden Networks (George…

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Cities Matter

15 January 10 0 Comments

I participated in a roundtable discussion on metropolitan governance at the end of last year, hosted by the Ottawa-based Forum of Federations, the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government and the Australian Major Cities Unit.

I had an opportunity to engage in very interesting urban policy discussions and visit…

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Sustainable Christmas Lighting in Sydney

18 December 09 2 Comments

I’ve got quite a few city development stories from my recent visit to Sydney. However, they are going to have to wait for the New Year because I’m going on holiday, and no-one wants to read serious stuff at this time of the year anyway. So, let me close the year with…

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G’day mate

11 December 09 0 Comments

I’m heading off for Sydney on Friday to take part in an International Roundtable on Metropolitan Governance. It will be hosted by the Forum of Federations (based in Ottawa), the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government and their new Major Cities Unit, in preparation for 5th World Urban…

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