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Parramatta Stadium Rebuild and other stuff

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The same thing happened to the once shiny underground stations/platforms build for the eastern suburbs line. When it first opened they looked futuristic, and after years of general wear and tear and daily grime, those platforms at Redfern, Central, Town Hall, Martin Place etc now just look decidedly less modern and polished.
 

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Is it me or are these people never happy with any public transport?


For the record, the Herald has turned into a click-bait media outlet due to their falling income stream.
They were anti infrastructure for years and never posted a positive story, until - the Metro opened and it was a raging success. They then jumped on board for 6 months or so yet have now gone back to their click-bait stories.
It's a pathetic rag these days.
That story you posted above reeked of nothing other than an in-fill story.

I was once interviewed by a Herald journalist after a Socceroo's World Cup match at Darling Harbour. When we played France in Qatar. I answered his questions honestly however I criticised the Berejiklian govt for not setting up the Live Site sooner during that World Cup. He took all that on board and actually reported it in the article that was posted on-line. That was fine.
I also then went on to say to him that I was disappointed with the Herald's approach those days reporting stories and in particular, the infrastructure being built, and how they have to always write negative stories. It was at this stage he turned his phone recorder off and listened to what I had to say. He actually agreed with me but said that was their job - to create stories. The poor bloke was actually apologetic for the way the Herald had turned.

The story above is another perfect example.
 

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A long, ongoing proposal has finally been approved by the Housing Delivery Authority.
600 further apartments in Parra further helping the current housing crisis.
DA can now be submitted.
For those that know Parramatta, you'll know where this is.

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10 Valentine Avenue, Parramatta - Holdmark (landowner and developer)

600 apartments including an allocation of 3%-5% affordable apartments in perpetuity and commercial GFA.
No of dwellings (indicative): 600
Concurrent rezoning: Yes


Proposal -


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So only 18-30 "affordable" apartments out of the 600 in that block... a huge help with the housing crisis. And will take a while to build/come "to market", if it's not even at the DA stage.
 

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that would have been a nightmare for the structural engineer, its like a 2 dimensional building, no depth at all

Indeed. 215 mtrs is pretty tall for such a narrow building as this.

The one that astounds me more is 432 Park Ave New York. About 30 metre x 30 metre footprint, yet 425 mtrs tall.
Buggered if I'd ever live in this.

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