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As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney, I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing
Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.
- by Michael Koziol
It was a bank, a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate
A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop, and transform the basement into a live music venue.
- by Michael Koziol
Foxes, joggers and fat feet: What I learnt doing Sydney’s new overnight walk
To preview the first UNICEF Dusk to Dawn walk, Herald writer Garry Maddox plodded from North Sydney to Bondi with ultramarathoner Pat Farmer.
- by Garry Maddox
This is what Sydney’s housing future will look like
The NSW government has revealed the terrace homes and apartment blocks that will be included in its “pattern book” of designs to reshape the city.
- by Megan Gorrey
Rob walked into a Mosman op shop on Tuesday, and was teleported to 1988
Rob Klaric thought he was hallucinating when he saw his picture at the Leaning Tower of Pisa on sale at a Sydney op shop. The workers didn’t believe it either.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
‘The end of the dinosaur era’: What next for Sydney’s talkback stations as titans bow out
The departure of some big names this year adds to the challenges facing AM radio.
- by Jordan Baker
Why one area of Sydney has been swarming with mosquitoes
The mosquito numbers in south-west Sydney are two to three times higher than usual, while the rest of the city is just dealing with a regular spring surge.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Move over, cavoodles: Meet Sydney’s $27,000 dog
Erika Wadlow-Smith loves her adopted greyhound, but new figures reveal the sky-high costs of rehabilitating the former racing dogs.
- by Jordan Baker
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Planning
Daniel built a haven for artists. A new development will swallow it up
Sydney is losing its creative workers faster than any other capital city - and spaces they can work in are vanishing even more quickly.
- by Megan Gorrey
This 45-storey tower is coming to Central Station. It will break a 111-year-old building
The National Trust is fighting a rearguard battle against plans to construct a hotel and office tower above a historic Sydney building.
- by Megan Gorrey
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