BUILDING MANHATTAN AROUND GLEN WAVERLEY RAILWAY STATION
Apartment Towers up to 84 metres (25 storeys) are proposed to surround the Glen Waverley railway station as part of the Labor Government’s immigration scheme. Land along Sneddon Drive and O’Sullivan Road will feature 60 m towers. Apartment buildings up to four storeys will be allowed 1300 m away from the station on Madeline Street and and Kinnouli Grove. The maps also show height limits of seven storeys up to 160 m from the rail line and also depict new trees, out door areas and bike paths, in line with housing pillars set out by the authority in its latest housing blue print released last week by Government..
“In any urban area, no matter how dense, keep the majority of buildings to four storeys or less. It is possible that certain buildings should exceed this limit, but they should never be buildings for human habitation. High rise living takes people away from the ground and away from the casual, everyday society that occurs on the sidewalks and streets and on the grounds and porches. It leaves them alone in their apartments. The decision to go out for some public life becomes formal and awkward; and unless there is some specific task which brings people out in the world, the tendency is to stay home, alone”. Pattern Language Christopher Alexander world renowned architect.
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It will not improve the living standards of you or I; nor will it reduce poverty and inequality or foster innovation and creativity. The only beneficiaries of high immigration are the immigrants themselves and while that is great, we can safely say that the government is not pursuing immigration for humanitarian reasons. Instead it is creating an illusion of growth while hoping you don’t realise the reality.
More than half the apartments built on Doncaster Hill are no larger than 50 m2. Let’s hope that Glen Waverley does not make the same mistake.
The city’s clamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil —
We’ll turn Glen Waverley
Into an isle of joy.
If you are migrating to Australia, and want housing assistance to settle in Victoria, vertical living will be your lot. We don’t provide infrastructure anymore.
Christopher Alexander is right about life in high density towers. Our politicians and councilors, who live in ground level residences and own apartments as investments, are not likely to vote against them..
Does anyone outside the deluded, science-lite green community seriously believe that our entire population will fall in line with plans for vertical living and deny us the hard-won increases in living standards that have eased the lives of recent generations?