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Tag Archives: Arts Facilities

Dickson Parkland retagged a wasteland

August 11, 2018A DICKSON RESIDENT, ARTS & CULTURE, Canberra, GOVERNANCE, green infrastructure, trees, urban design, urban development, URBANITYArts Facilities, community cultural precinct, Dickson Parklands, Dickson Residnets, open spaces, treesPaul Costigan
Things some people should not say

It came as a shock to hear a community leader class a community site as a wasteland.

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Build more art centres

July 30, 2018A DICKSON RESIDENT, architecture, ARTS & CULTURE, Canberra, cities, cultural, cultural landscapes, design, urban development, URBANITYarts centres, Arts Facilities, Canberra, City Urban Authority, Civic SquarePaul Costigan
Where governments spend/not spend on culture

All cities have their city square or equivalent.

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NCDC in context

February 1, 2018opinionsACT Planning Directorate, Arts Facilities, National Capital Development Commission, NCDC, treesPaul Costigan

Often when posting on planning and development in Canberra, someone will comment that things were so much better when the Commonwealth, through the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC) ran the joint.

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