when we demolish socially significant places, we demolish part of who we are
- Written by: Iain Butterworth, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
The John Curtin Hotel in Carlton, another of Melbourne’s cultural landmarks, is set to close. Nearly 150 years old, the pub has long been a haunt of the union movement, Labor leaders, detectives, journalists and the live music scene.
The building will probably be sold to overseas property developers. While the building has some degree of...
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