Monthly Archives: September 2020
Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy
Posted on 3rd September 2020On 31 July 2020 the NSW Government issued its 96-page draft Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy. The Planning Strategy is intended to guide the transformation of the Pyrmont Peninsula over the years to 2041
How the Blackwattle Bay Precinct and Fish Market Developments intend to deal with increased traffic and transport needs
Posted on 3rd September 2020Infrastructure NSW has released the Traffic and Transport Strategy proposed for the new Fish Market and Blackwattle Bay Developments. This article summarises what is proposed and what it might mean for Glebe/Forest Lodge
A Wolf at the Door
Posted on 3rd September 2020Readers of the Society’s Bulletin will be aware of the proposal to excise 2A-D Wentworth Park Rd and 17-31 Cowper St, Glebe from the St Phillips Heritage Conservation Area in order to change the existing height limit of 9 metres to 36 metres. This is to allow the demolition of a two-storey flat building and four 1980s terrace houses and their replacement by two eight-storey apartment buildings.
Bridge Rd pop-up cycleway
Posted on 3rd September 2020The City and Transport for NSW have installed new cycleways using barriers, line markings and lane dividers, with the first locations including Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Glebe. But there are serious questions about its implementation.
Festering Heritage Sores
Posted on 3rd September 2020No matter how hard we try, there are some heritage issues that seem to take forever to resolve. Here is a selection.
2020 AGM: 11am on 20 September at Glebe Youth Service
Posted on 3rd September 2020The host and guest speaker for the Glebe Society’s 2020 AGM was Keiran Kevans, Coordinator of the Glebe Youth Service
2020 Glebe Society Christmas Gathering: St John’s Church, Friday 11 December 5-7 pm
Posted on 3rd September 2020A date for your diary …..
150 Year Anniversary of St John’s Church Exhibition: mid-December
Posted on 3rd September 2020An exhibition exploring the work of colonial architect Edmund Blacket is to be held in mid-December 2020 as part of celebrations for this important historical milestone
2020 Spring Bird Survey
Posted on 3rd September 2020The Society’s annual spring bird survey will be held on Sunday 1 November – all members and their friends are welcome to attend, and please meet in Paddy Gray Reserve in Hereford St at 6:45 am
What’s in a Name? Women’s names ‒ Sarah Peninton Reserve
Posted on 3rd September 2020By Helen Randerson Women are remembered in the names of a number of our valued small parks and playgrounds in Glebe/Forest Lodge. In 2020 these include the Alice Lee Reserve, the Jean Cawley Reserve, Kirsova Playground No 3, the May Pitt Playground, the Robyn Kemmis Reserve and the Sarah Peninton Reserve. (St Helen is also […]
Carriers of Glebe and Forest Lodge – Meloys
Posted on 3rd September 2020The first in an occasional series about the families behind the carriers of Glebe and Forest Lodge
Last month’s mystery photo
Posted on 3rd September 2020Last month’s mystery photo is of the stretch of buildings opposite the former Glebe Post Office on Glebe Point Rd near St Johns Rd
Book review
Posted on 3rd September 2020Vrasidas Karalis, The Glebe Point Road Blues: In Prose and Verse, Sydney, Australia (Brandl & Schlesinger 2019). Reviewed by Sybil Jack This is not my Glebe Point Rd. Nor are his blues my music despite the efforts of the many shifting cafes. There are places I think I know but the whole is unfamiliar. Forty […]
Valé Peter Thorogood
Posted on 1st September 2020The July 2020 meeting of the Management Committee unanimously agreed to recommend Peter Thorogood’s nomination for Life Membership
City of Sydney: ‘No Greyhound Racing at Wentworth Park’
Posted on 1st September 2020On 27 July 2020, City of Sydney Council passed a motion to oppose greyhound racing at Wentworth Park. Following this the Lord Mayor will write to NSW government ministers to request the removal of greyhound racing from Wentworth Park and reinstatement of the land as crown reserve for public recreation uses.