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Friday, 11 December 2015
SUBURBAN TRANSFORMATION
A suburban house with its leafy green front yard in Melbourne may be a vanishing species as more and more of these single occupancy houses are being demolished to make way for blocks of units, flats or even big apartment buildings. In the last 2-3 years, the building boom in Melbourne has seen an amazing change in the face of the suburbs. The worst is still to come as green Melbourne is transformed into a concrete jungle...
This post is part of the Friday Greens meme.
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Transformation is not always progress methinks. All that can green the concrete monster in the last photo is one of those trendy vertical gardens. So sad.
ReplyDeletethank you for linking - I hope you can decide often to take part at my new weekly linky. H.P.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that all the little homes and yards the building boom fall victim,
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Sadie
The replacement is not my idea of beauty. :-(
ReplyDeleteHm, when I lived first in Melbourne, it was in an apartment block in Essendon, later in a family home in Williamstown. But you are right it is sad to see if beautiful old houses and their green gardens have to make space for more blocks. I embrace change, but sometimes it is questionable. How much is really necessary?
ReplyDeleteUps! Isn't there enough space in Australia?
ReplyDeleteI've never been to Melbourne. I don't like the idea of green turning to cement anywhere.
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