If you live in an apartment in Pyrmont chances are you don’t have a garden. You could visit a community garden, or why not take advantage of your balcony? One can create a beautiful green space that will not only improve your environment but could also potentially provide you with delicious, organic food. Fruits and [...]
Renting an apartment should not make you feel exempt from doing your part for the environment and saving yourself some money while you are at it. It may seem like most of the world is talking about “Going Green” but they are talking about their own homes and their cars. What about the apartment dwellers [...]
The past two decades in the Inner West have seen fast-tracked urban renewal, as industry moves away and apartment buildings take over. The result is apartments suburbs, such as Pyrmont, which the local council aims to make “a sustainable inner city village.” Pyrmont is a prime area for apartment development and living – stretching waterside [...]
The ‘Australian Dream’ a detached family house on a quarter-acre block in the suburbs? Perhaps now, with more apartments being built in major cities than houses, it’s time to rethink this traditional symbol of Australian life, and look at the century old ‘hidden’ history of apartment living in Sydney. Apartment precincts, such as Pyrmont, are [...]
One of the hardest things about leaving your house in the suburbs behind to move into a flat in the big, bad city can be abandoning Fluffy and Woofels. Apartment living greatly reduces your options when it comes to looking for pets, as many otherwise great creatures suddenly seem too large, high maintainance or smelly. [...]
“I thought people chose to live in apartments so they could avoid annoying pass-times like gardening,” a helpful friend commented when I shared my latest writing exploits with him. “Get a real house” was another inspiring suggestion. Mockery aside, apartment gardening is becoming increasingly popular amongst city dwellers of all ages and income brackets. “My [...]
