Tag: Docklands
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Secret Papers Reveal Low-Rise Docklands Vision: Tech Hub and University, Not a Stadium
Unearthed Plans Reframe Docklands: A Vision for Education, Tech, and Low-Rise Living The final years of the governorships of John Cain and Joan Kirner saw a markedly different blueprint for Melbourne’s Docklands than the one that has since dominated public memory. In secret papers and confidential briefings, planners proposed a future anchored not by a…
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Secret Papers Reveal Low-Rise Docklands Vision: Tech Hub and University Over Stadiums
Introduction: A Hidden Blueprint for Docklands Unearthed documents from the late era of the John Cain and Joan Kirner administrations shed light on a quietly developed alternative for Docklands. Rather than soaring towers and a marquee stadium, the plans favored a university campus, a tech-driven hub, and a more human‑scaled skyline. The revelations offer a…
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Secret Papers Reveal Low-Rise Dream for Docklands: Tech Hub and University
Unearthed plans reshape Docklands history Crucial archival papers, long kept under wraps, reveal a strikingly different future for Melbourne’s Docklands. In the waning years of the governments led by John Cain and Joan Kirner, planners debated a vision focused on human scale, education, and technology rather than the skyline-dominating spectacles that later defined the precinct.…