Age readers react to the state of St Kilda and Acland Street and surrounds.
It is remarkable that the City of Port Phillip is discussing the Triangle site – again – while its two existing major “iconic” St Kilda hospitality and shopping precincts are a misery.
We might then have confidence that anything proposed for the Triangle won’t end up the same as Acland and Fitzroy streets.The Age has done well to document the woes of Acland Street. At the northern end sits Fitzroy Street. It was once a vibrant, seedy, eclectic thoroughfare with a life of its own. It was Melbourne’s Kings Cross. But no more.
Who wants all of this stuff when we die? Op shop surfers delight in it. Devoted family members keep some of it. Permits should only be granted to a specific speculator, time-limited, for a specific project on a specific piece of land.
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