Poor quality buildings will be a scourge for future generations
Just before Christmas 1927, Fairfield builder William James Fry paid £191 – about one year's annual wage – to buy 29 Bent Street, Bentleigh.
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Clay Lucas
Clay Lucas is city editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport, local government and workplace relations for The Age and Sunday Age.
New rules fail to address small matter of apartment sizes
Melbourne's CBD is now littered with apartments built without thought for the people who will live there.
World's most liveable city should be ashamed
What a sad trend for the world's most liveable city to be leading.
Road can be justified, city exit ramps cannot
It isn't clear how Melbourne ended up with plans for a sprawling $5.5 billion toll road through the west, given no politician mentioned it before the last state election. But Transurban's proposed Western Distributor is, at least, a reasonable solution to a legitimate transport problem.