Collingwood
Melbourne’s beloved parklets too big to fail as restaurants pay up for on-street dining
The outdoor trend that grew out of pandemic restrictions is here to stay.
- by Angus Delaney
Latest
This friendly wine bar is winning over Glen Iris with $20 pastas and chicken-salt spicy margs
Two couples with no hospo experience, but a passion for food and wine, have transformed their local wine bar into Central Park Cellars.
- by Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties, new modelling shows
Blindsided residents in Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond will be told their homes are at risk of flooding from overflowing drains.
- by Sophie Aubrey
The rich used to send it their sewage, now this suburb is an oasis of creatives
Once a place where the poorest endured toxic run-off from Melbourne’s wealthy, Collingwood is reaching for an affluent, sustainable future. It’s not all smooth going.
- by Tony Wright
Speed limit cut to 30km/h on almost every street in two suburbs
The City of Yarra is also campaigning for limits on exempt roads in Fitzroy and Collingwood – including Hoddle and Nicholson streets – to be reduced to either 40km/h or 60km/h.
- by Rachael Dexter
‘Can’t go on’: Collingwood’s Bendigo Hotel calls last drinks
As insurance premiums soar and punters splash less cash, the home of Melbourne’s heavy metal scene will close by the end of the month.
- by Rachael Dexter and Melissa Cunningham
Claims council’s redesigned parks are ‘anti-children’
Some parents in Melbourne’s inner north are concerned by recent council decisions to scale-back playgrounds in the area.
- by Najma Sambul
Lawn disorder: Collingwood locals lash council on pocket park backflip
A plan to build more play equipment for a children’s playground in Melbourne’s inner-city has caused fury among residents who say the issue has spiralled out of control.
- by Najma Sambul
Review
The Albion Hotel
This rebooted Collingwood hotel ticks all the pub boxes (and adds a few we didn’t know we needed)
Tartan carpet, beer garden, Latino food and cocktails: The Albion Hotel wants to recapture its glory days.
- by Besha Rodell
Music venues facing dancing bans call on government to intervene on insurance
Live music venues across Melbourne are being served with eye-watering insurance premium hikes – and they want councils and state government to help keep the music playing.
- by Rachael Dexter
Twelvefold surge in demand for Melbourne food bank on the brink
Collingwood charity The Wellington provides more than 500 people with fresh fruit and produce every week. It is facing imminent closure.
- by Broede Carmody
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