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The revamped North Sydney Olympic Pool has been years in the making.

Inside the North Sydney Olympic Pool revamp, $42,000 frogs and all

For years, the project to transform the famous venue has been frustrated by cost blowouts and delays. The council hopes the $122 million overhaul will be worth the wait.

  • Megan Gorrey

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The plan to expand the marina opposite Cockatoo Island would allow double the number of vessels to moor.

The fight to stop a ‘parking station for oversized boats’ on Sydney Harbour

Residents say plans to triple the size of a marina for luxury vessels would disrupt views of a famed foreshore park, as well as prized heritage assets.

  • Megan Gorrey and Michaela Whitbourn
Tim Staindl and Duncan Wallace outside the Corkman pub rebuild in Carlton.

Brick-by-brick rebuild of bulldozed pub becomes a concrete ‘Temu Corkman’

Nearly a decade after its illegal demolition, the Corkman Pub is going back up. But what’s emerging has left those who fought for its rebuild feeling cold.

  • Rachael Dexter and Clay Lucas
The council building of the Museum of Chinese in Australia, which has never opened its doors.

Inside the Chinatown museum that after four years and millions of dollars never opened

Scuffed walls, exposed ceilings and plastic chairs attest to little progress at the Museum of Chinese in Australia.

  • Jessica Yun
The historic Roxy Theatre in Parramatta has remained shuttered for over a decade now.

This historic theatre sits in the heart of a booming city. It’s been closed for more than a decade

As the city rises around it, the Roxy’s future remains in doubt. Here’s why.

  • Ellie Busby
Cleveland House in Surry Hills is the oldest surviving colonial home in Sydney.

Why Sydney’s oldest home has been stuck in a long limbo

Despite five development approvals, work at historic Cleveland House is on hold after a stop-work order was issued by the City of Sydney.

  • Josefine Ganko and Julie Power
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The City of Sydney endorsed changes to its planning rules to allow for the “supertall” skyscraper at the corner of Pitt and Bridge streets.

‘Supertall’ towers soaring past 300 metres could redraw Sydney’s skyline

The City of Sydney has approved plans for a massive 70-storey skyscraper in Sydney’s CBD. There are plans for an even taller building next door.

  • Megan Gorrey
Victoria Theatre in Newcastle.

The next Enmore Theatre is not where you expect

A venue that narrowly dodged death by demolition a decade ago is getting a large share of a multimillion-dollar pool of money to revive heritage buildings.

  • Julie Power
Kings Beach ‘did not meet the threshold’ for heritage listing.

Heritage NSW rejects application to register nude beach

A campaign to recognise a significant LGBTQ gathering place has hit a major roadblock amid a fierce community battle over the future of the site.

  • David Barwell
Pyrmont Bridge will get a decade-long facelift.

This Sydney landmark is crossed 16,000 times a day. It’s about to get a $60m makeover

The work to restore and repair the inner-city bridge coincides with plans for more intensive development west of the city centre.

  • Megan Gorrey

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