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 [...]
Pyrmont Village Blog
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Pyrmont Apartment Living and the Rise of the Urban Cave Dweller
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NAIDOC Week: 6 - 13 July 2008
Hey there fellow Pyrmont resident, I know and you know that when living in the awesome happening village of Pyrmont one is never ever starved of the odd event or three to go see and check out. With Pyrmont being by the harbour and yet by the city at the same time, there is [...]
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Pyrmont Art Festival winner takes out Environmental Art Prize
We are pleased to report that the winner of the Pyrmont Village sponsored prize at the Pyrmont Art Festival, Amanda Seddon, has also scooped up the recent Environmental Art Prize. Her winning work “FreeTurtle soup”, is a mixed media piece, using acrylics & recycled wrapping paper on Recycled board.
Amanda is achieving impressive results, having also [...]
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World Environment Day Bike Breakfasts - 5 June
In keeping with the World Environment Day slogan for 2008 “Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy”, the City of Sydney is hosting 3 cyclist-only breakfasts to promote cycling as a carbon-neutral mode of transport.
City of Sydney staff will attend each breakfast to answer questions on the City’s Cycling Strategy, infrastructure development, Sustainable Sydney [...]
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Pyrmont Restaurants: Some Tasty Options within Walking Distance
If you are feeling hungry and not sure where or what to eat, I would recommend the many delectable restaurants in Pyrmont Village. One might be mistaken for thinking that there is not that much to choose from but this is no longer the case. Pyrmont Village Restaurants offer an abundance of options to suit [...]
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Pyrmont Village Interviews Roger O’Halloran
Yesterday afternoon, both Amanda and I traipsed down to the neighbouring suburb of Glebe, in order to conduct an interview with Roger O’ Halloran, the proprietor of the Fair Trade Coffee Company.
It was a both a real pleasure and inspiring to discuss the great work that Roger was doing with Palms Australia [...]
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Pyrmont Village in Chaos!
Its not every day, that ones inner city, harbourside hamlet (Pyrmont) is party to underbelly type real life drama, however yesterday it was. The sight of heavily armed policeman evacuating laneways and streets around the corner from one’s favourite cafes, was trully frightening.
Yes Pyrmont Village was front and center yesterday in a real life scenes [...]
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Finding a Place to Call Home in Pyrmont
Well…. I had the pleasure of looking to rent an apartment in Pyrmont recently. I moved to Pyrmont over 5 years ago and at the time, the thriving village of Pyrmont, was not yet discovered. But all good things must come to an end and people have now discovered this small oasis that offers a [...]
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