http://stoush.net/category/topic/urban-renewal The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://stoush.net/liam/742/urban-renewal-ii-arab-revolt Taking further cues from the last reel of the Blues Brothers ("Use of unnecessary violence has been approved"), I'd like to spend a little bit of time laying out [a bit more](http://stoush.net/liam/733/meet-you-town-hall-steps) of my own urban renewal plans for the city I love. The target of opportunity this time is the sleepy suburb of Camden in Sydney's South-West. It's connected to the metropolis of Sydney only by the tenuous links of an electrified train line, a motorway, and the shame the father of the Prodigal Son must have felt halfway through the parable. There can be no instructive resolution here, though; I say we ought, like its more belligerent residents, to [take matters into our own hands](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/20/2123498.htm), and like the Chinese over Taiwan, keep the renegade province as isolated from the rest of the planet as is possible. >Some locals are threatening to take matters into their own hands if the 1,200-student school in Camden is approved by either the council or via appeal to the Land and Environment Court. http://stoush.net/liam/742/urban-renewal-ii-arab-revolt#comments camden culture religion sydney urban renewal Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:36:15 -0800 liam 742 at http://stoush.net http://stoush.net/liam/733/meet-you-town-hall-steps Guy from [Polemica has wrapped up the Danish Solution](http://www.polemica.info/archives/2007/12/public_spaces_f.html) to Sydney's CBD 'problems'. >Seeing how other countries have managed their urban areas has provided quite a bit of insight into what we do well in Australia, and what we don't do so well. http://stoush.net/liam/733/meet-you-town-hall-steps#comments capitalism culture sydney urban renewal Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:55:10 -0800 liam 733 at http://stoush.net