This is a heart-achingly sad feature article by Garry Maddox on Fairfax about the Olympia Milk Bar (Parramatta Road, Sydney) and its owner. The Milk Bar was forced closed by the local council due to severe structural problems in the building, along with other signs of disrepair. And yet, within the milk-bar that never opens …

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Ten minutes of video about why all shopping centres look the same, along with a bit of lead-up information. Turns out suburbs and teenagers have something to do with it. And some guy named ‘Gruen.’ US in origin, but since similar developments occurred in Australia roughly around the same time the information seems to ring …

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