Katoomba’s Town Centre Charrette Plan of 1999 – CONTENTS
[Editor's Note: This Web Book comprises 19 chapters, each a webpage. It remains a work-in-progress and we expect to complete...
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Katoomba’s Charette – Chapter 1: A Brief Background to Katoomba’s Town Centre planning pre-1998
Back in 1998, the regional community of Katoomba had formed a view that their township centre deserved progressive town planning. ...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 2: Katoomba townsfolk’s initiative for Town Planning
So, in 1998 a number of wise established townsfolk locals of Katoomba (residents and business people alike) with a passionate...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 3: ‘Charrette’ as a Project Methodology
Charrette Origins: 'Charrette' is derived from the French phrase for 'little cart', as in incremental additions to a 'cart' of...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 4: Charrette Adaptation to Urban Design
Later, a United States architectural and planning firm, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ), an architecture and planning firm based in...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 5: ‘Design Charrette’ Adaptation to Katoomba’s Town Centre
The 'charrette' methodology facilitates incremental creative project management was more recently adopted by urban design consulting firm Ecologically Sustainable Design...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 6: Katoomba Charrette Objectives
To clarify a vision for the Katoomba Town Centre, and to achieve community consensus for future planning directions in Katoomba;...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 7: The Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report 1999
In April 1999, the process ultimately culminated in a published summary document five months after the process had begun in...
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ISPT Katoomba Village: greedy landlord rent-hikes force retailers broke and to walk away
Coles 'Katoomba Village' is a corporate-owned shopping plaza development in Katoomba situated in Parke Street which opened in 2012. Before...
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Blue Mountains Greedy Retail Landlords, Bushfires Killing Tourism, Derailments and Rail Track Work killing tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Landslips Killing Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism, Small Business Struggles
Leura Garage loss is another dead canary in our dire tourism coal mine
Leura Village is a famous hub for visitors to the Blue Mountains to quality shop and dine and to enjoy...
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