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The bus stop at Evans Road in Rooty Hill has no cover for a hot day.

City’s growing west needs investment to cope with the heat

Swimming spots are fun, but little is being done to address the everyday impacts of living through western Sydney’s unbearably hot summers.

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Nick Chapman.

‘It’s been 25 years in the making’: The inner west’s $57 million path is finally opening

A determined band of community campaigners championed the project to turn a disused rail corridor into a bike and pedestrian path. It’s nearly ready to ride.

  • Megan Gorrey
Jason and Kayley Marriner in the Comedy Theatre.

Backstage at the theatre, the Marriner siblings say there’s $25,000 they wish they never spent

 The Marriner Group wants to demolish part of the Comedy Theatre on Exhibition Street and build a 27-storey tower behind. The siblings behind the group outline their vision for The Age.

  • Cara Waters
An artist’s impression of the proposed town centre in the Cherrybrook precinct.

This Sydney suburb is in line for 9000 new homes. Two councils are fighting back

The proposed housing precinct surrounds a metro station, but is under the jurisdiction of two councils. One wants it scrapped, the other supports it – but with asterisks attached.

  • Cindy Yin
The redevelopment has become a hot button issue in Manly

This Sydney council wanted to rebuild a surf club. Its own planners had other ideas

A council plan to splash millions rebuilding one of Sydney’s most well-known surf clubs is in trouble after an internal assessment called for the project to be stopped.

  • David Barwell
The Minns government’s push to increase housing density around train stations has sparked outcry in some established suburbs.

There will be 6.5m Sydney residents by 2045. Here’s where they’re going to live

Sydney’s fast-growing population will be concentrated around dozens of “interconnected centres”, anchored by three crucial CBDs, spread across the city in the next 20 years.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Billbergia’s plan for Rhodes East, depicted in the left of this artist’s impression.

More than 2000 apartments are planned for this Sydney site. Some landowners had no idea

The NSW government said the Housing Delivery Authority would speed up delivery of homes, but its processes have come into question.

  • Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith
Residents of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown celebrate being permanently saved from eviction in Hobsons Bay.

‘Gobsmacking’ final win over council eviction for Williamstown residents

After a two-and-a-half year war against Hobsons Bay council and its secret eviction plans, Williamstown residents have received a final ruling on their homes’ fate.

  • Rachael Dexter
The Blackwattle Bay precinct will ultimately be home to more than 7000 new homes.

‘Cities change’: The plan for thousands of new homes in inner Sydney revealed

Greyhound racing will end in inner Sydney as the NSW government pushes on with its ambitious housing plans.

  • Alexandra Smith and Megan Gorrey
Architect Frank Gehry with the models of the Dr Chau Chak Wing building he designed for UTS, during a press conference in Sydney in December 2010.

‘This will be my dream project’: How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’

The world-famous architect was hooked when we asked him to come on board. Within weeks he was in Sydney to check us out.

  • Roy Green

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