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A house in my street

By Tony | Published: February 9, 2012
On January 21, 1930, in the middle of the world’s busiest city, excavation for  New York’s Empire State Building began.  14 months later, on May 1 1931, the building was officially opened. At 102 storeys it was for years the world’s tallest building.  Around  21,000 people work there every day.  It has a total floor [...]
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    GOOD NEWS!

     

    Hunters Hill Council has won its case at the Land & Environment Court which supported Council’s rejection of the 4 storey  ‘shop-top housing development’ planned on the old bank sites at 58-60 Gladesville Road at the overpass.

     

    It found that the building didnt comply with the DCP, was too high, had insufficient setbacks and overshadowed neighbouring heritage buildings.  The judgment can be found here:

     

    http://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/action/PJUDG?jgmtid=153901