The marble arches of Rome’s Forum have stood for 2000 years. In Sydney’s version, the arches around the Leichhardt piazza are polystyrene and they are already crumbling, writes bencubby and natassiazc
The marble arches of Rome’s Forum have stood for 2000 years. In Sydney’s version, the arches around the Leichhardt piazza are polystyrene and they are already crumbling.
Others blame the business community for the high vacancy rates among shops, and a dysfunctional building management committee for the dilapidated state of parts of the site. “It was lovely to hear the buzz of children playing in the piazza,” Di Francesco said. “We had a merry-go-round for a long while that brought families into the place.”
The theatre and cultural centre that was part of Wran’s vision finally opened after years of delay in 2009, propelled by federal government funding championed by local member, current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.After a protracted legal battle, the charity Co.As.It. emerged as the preferred bidder for the site as far as the then-Leichhardt Council was concerned, despite initially putting in the lowest bid for the cultural centre, at $2.6 million.
Said Nick Viner, who owns an office on the forum’s mezzanine level: “How can it be that you can have a wonderful, publicly funded space like this and not have it used for the community, for events that would bring life into the forum. It is a clear breach of the public covenant.” “The responsibility of Co.As.It. is to provide services for the Italian community in NSW,” the statement said. “We provide community, education and aged care services.
One office space, owned by Voukidis, has been rendered unusable for months after water trickling down a shared wall from apartments above caused a mould outbreak, but the committee has been unable to agree who should pay for the damage. For Maria Saraceno, who has owned the Venetian mask shop in the forum for 21 years, attracting restaurateurs to the space should be a priority.
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