Helen Shield, The West Australian, 26 July 2017
Historic Heart of Perth Inc's first move includes up to 100 planter boxes painted by West Australian artists and planted with wildflowers as well as murals by contemporary artists on laneway walls.
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Great to see "Historic Heart" mentioned in The Property Council’s new report, "Big and Small Ideas for Perth". The report is a call to action which advocates a number of strategies to make Perth a world class city. One of the strategies is "A City of Neighbourhoods". The report explains:
"Great cities of the world are filled with well-known, desirable inner city neighbourhoods that are perceived and managed as distinct places. As it stands today, inner city Perth is geographically vast. There are big experiences to be had at Kings Park, Perth Arena and Elizabeth Quay, but at a neighbourhood level we need to give people more to discover – local streets, businesses and places. While some of Perth’s inner city neighbourhoods have distinct identities ... others have been overlooked, or left behind. New precincts such as the Historic Heart are emerging, while others need to be re-imagined. ..."
Download a copy of the report here:
https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/Web/Content/News/National/2017/Big_and_small_ideas_for_Perth.aspx
In February 2017 David MacLennan (Assistant Director General for the Department of Planning, Land and Heritage) held the annual workshop day for his team at the historic Kirkman House in Perth's east end. The subject of this year’s workshop was the Historic Heart Project.
The workshop commenced with a presentation by Adrian Fini to over 100 staff members from the Department of Planning. Adrian provided an overview of the Historic Heart Project, its objectives and vision. Following Adrian’s briefing, David’s staff were asked to develop designs for enhancing or redeveloping Ainslie House in accordance with the objectives of Historic Heart Project. The workshop group included planners, policy officers, urban designers, architects, project managers, environmental managers, demographers, economists, administrative and GIS staff. A report was prepared which summarised the outcomes.
Ainslie House is one of the Royal Perth Hospital buildings located on the eastern end of Murray St, sitting alongside a group of much older historic hospital buildings. The building was opened in 1966 for use as quarters for resident medical doctors. It is now used for several of RPH’s outpatient clinics. The building is part of a heritage precinct listed on the State Heritage Register.
Photo Adrian Fini, Sharni Howe, Liz Macleod, Gail Mc Gowan and Sandy Anghie.
Kent Acott, The West Australian, 22 December 2016
In December 2016 the State Government announced that it would provide a grant of $250,000 to Historic Heart of Perth Inc.
Read the story here:
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/bold-bid-to-revive-citys-east-ng-b88335696z
In November 2016 architect Timothy Moore and Historic Heart Project Manager Sandy Anghie invited a group of Perth creatives to attend a workshop on the Historic Heart Project.
The purpose of the workshop was to:
• Introduce and connect creatives to the Historic Heart Project and the east end of the Perth CBD.
• Interrogate the ideas contained within the Historic Heart Working Document and obtain feedback.
• Generate discussion on how we may be able to create a twenty first century precinct in Perth’s east end, while building on the past and present.
• Build creative knowledge to inform future initiatives and strategies for the Historic Heart for 2017 and beyond.
The workshop commenced with an overview of the Historic Heart Project followed by a walking tour of the east end. The group was then divided into 3 focus groups: 1. Identity and Technology; 2. Community and Culture; 3. Infrastructure. The focus groups were given one hour to discuss the project and generate ideas - with a nominal budget of $200,000 over a two-year time frame. The workshop ended with presentations back to the group.
The group included Marcus Canning (Fringe World Festival), Carly Barrett (Open House Perth), Nic Brunsden (Post and Space Market), Dr. Joerg Baumeister (director Australian Urban Design Research Centre), Dr Shane Grieve (planning at Curtin University) and Ali Sumner and Toby Whittington (Green World Revolution).
The workshop was intended as the starting point for further discussions and engagement with the creative practices attending, with many of the creatives continuing to be engaged with the Historic Heart Project.
