Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it's window dressing
- Written by Kate Shaw, Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are high, international student numbers have plummeted and the streets are dead.
The council’s $A2.6 million plan to provide “creatives and entrepreneurs” with “flexible,...
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