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"For the new residents of Sydney's million-dollar slums, the close living is one of the attractions. ''I like to believe we're the only street in Sydney with a real sense of community," says Soo Haywood, a Little Comber resident of two years."
A quote from article "Be it ever so humble" published in Sydney Morning Herald on May 11, 2002.
Sydney example should set a precedent for many other cities that if the city authority and developers treat old quarters as city's problem and want to demolish to make way for modern development, they will run into a huge mistake by erasing city's history and character.
Sydney(1), now a truly global city has these old quarters that not only have maintained much of their character also have become as city's cultural precinct, nourishing dining and high-street retail scenes as well as art communities. More prominently these are now the most sought after place to live.
The process which is called 'gentrification' isn't perfect. It has resulted increase in land value; in some ways also alters the character and slowly pushes the poorer residents out the area.
Read previous posted entry : "Case Study - Sydney's Inner city from the slum to highly valued precincts" more detailed explanation of how Sydney' Inner City fell into slum during the last century.
Footnote:
(1) Sydney for only about two hundreds years old history is considered a young city.
A quote from article "Be it ever so humble" published in Sydney Morning Herald on May 11, 2002.
Sydney example should set a precedent for many other cities that if the city authority and developers treat old quarters as city's problem and want to demolish to make way for modern development, they will run into a huge mistake by erasing city's history and character.
Sydney(1), now a truly global city has these old quarters that not only have maintained much of their character also have become as city's cultural precinct, nourishing dining and high-street retail scenes as well as art communities. More prominently these are now the most sought after place to live.
The process which is called 'gentrification' isn't perfect. It has resulted increase in land value; in some ways also alters the character and slowly pushes the poorer residents out the area.
Read previous posted entry : "Case Study - Sydney's Inner city from the slum to highly valued precincts" more detailed explanation of how Sydney' Inner City fell into slum during the last century.
Footnote:
(1) Sydney for only about two hundreds years old history is considered a young city.
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