Notices by Philip Thalis (philipthalis@aus.social)

This 1930’s #sydneyapartmentbuilding near Taylor Sq is like a reverse ‘flat iron’ type; wide on the corner & to side street, but very pointy at the back.
All brick facades, no balconies as was fairly typical of this period, so windows might usefully have been a bit more generous

Telling it straight - housing has finally become a frontline political issue.
Such attention long overdue as our housing has been in social, financial & urban crisis for decades.
Time from some real action from all tiers of Govt - preferably coordinated https://www.smh.com.au/by/tone-wheeler-p536qu

For those who wrongly think we’re spending too much on infrastructure (hello @GrattanInst) - lesson of Paris’s metro.
Long argued over, only opened in 1900, so rapidly expanded with astronomical patronage, now indissociable with City.
Grasp the fundamental difference between cost & long term value

Let’s not be in any doubt- fixed rail infrastructure (whether heavy, light or metro) is the life blood of successful cities today.
Yes expensive, but build it well & the investment will pay itself off many times over.
Real #citymaking
https://amp.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/trains-are-the-future-for-global-cities-let-s-not-go-off-the-rails-sydney-20230802-p5dt86.html

Mapping of tree canopy across metropolitan Sydney. Generally the wealthier areas benefit from greater tree cover (Eg Strathfield & Concord stand out in middle city), but lack of tree canopy across swathes of heat-affected western Sydney a glaring failure that must be fixed