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Sure, it’s weird and ugly, but it’s very, very Melbourne

Sure, it’s weird and ugly, but it’s very, very Melbourne

In the middle of an otherwise orderly bluestone-and-glass corridor on Southbank Promenade sits a giant, slightly odd, bright red staircase that leads...

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The Age

Rachel Iampolski

Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square

On Friday, thousands packed into Federation Square for an Amyl and the Sniffers show. Within minutes, the Melbourne gig was cancelled over crowd crush...

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The Conversation

Rachel Iampolski