Re: Eveleigh Carriage Works = 400 flats

["Geoff Lillico" <glillic@msn.com.au>]

The flats or apartments on the Alexandria or Loco works side are not on
lands under the control of Technology Park (or as it is now SHFA) but on
land deeded to the Housing Authority.
Technology Park is in my opinion an excellent revitalisation of the former
Loco works. I know it would be great to re-establish a full operating
workshop, but that is not practical. Plans are under way to open up the
Large Erecting Shop to public access and this should satisify any need for
an operating facility.
My understanding has always been that the railway museum was to be
established in the northern section of Carriage Works, in the area now used
by the SRA Heritage section. The proposed flats on this side of the main
lines are at the Macdonaldtown end where newer non-heritage buildings now
stand.

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Geoff Lillico


"robson" <robson@cia.com.au> wrote in message
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> In Tuesday's (April 24, 2001) Sydney Morning Herald on page 5 there was
> an article on the proposed redevelopment of Eveleigh Carriage Works. The
> "rail museum" will be relegated to the Paint Shop, and there will be 400
> flats (the term they use is 'apartments') built on part of the site.
>
> I got the impression from attending the public open days that the public
> was in support of heritage use of the whole site, with a working museum,
> not a static one relegated to one of the smaller buildings. Haven't
> lessons been learnt from the abortion that is the Technology Park and
> its adjoining blocks of Alexandria Yard flats?
>
> Cynics would suggest that minds were made up well before the public
> consultation, and that the "museum" is a token pleaser to shut up the
> critics. I could be wrong, though. :-)