Dear Trudy, shock, please read, would disadvantaged db people who usually walk
through under Flinders Street road??????????? One problem there is no access
for disabled people on a wheelchair. Let keep the most-famous 1959 film 'On The
Beach', keep it open or partially closed for good or let it a GO? Read below.
peter
December 3 2017 - 11:51AM
Arty arcade to become ghost town due to Metro Tunnel
Timna Jacks
Timna Jacks
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A much-loved underground arcade in Melbourne will soon become a ghost town to
make way for the $11 billion Melbourne Metro Tunnel.
The Campbell Arcade beneath Degraves Street has been a refuge for arty types
and tourists in Melbourne's CBD.
Melbourne's much-loved Campbell Arcade will soon become a ghost town to make
way for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel.
Melbourne's much-loved Campbell Arcade will soon become a ghost town to make
way for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Owners of the arcade's indie stores have been told their leases will end in
July 2019 to allow for the building of the twin nine kilometre tunnels.
A pedestrian underpass running through the arcade will link the new Town Hall
station (previously named CBD South) and Flinders Street station.
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Campbell Arcade's vintage street signage
Campbell Arcade's vintage street signage Photo: Darrian Traynor
New Draft Development Plans for the Melbourne Metro's five underground stations
reveal that sections of the heritage listed arcade are under threat, with one
part of the arcade's eastern wall in line for demolition.
This would take out at least two stores, including A Touch of Paris - a
hairdressing salon that has been operating in the arcade for 50 years.
Thomas Blachford, who co-manages Sticky Institute, a volunteer-run store that
has been selling and publishing zines for 16 years, said the future of the shop
is now "in limbo".
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The plans released by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority also reveal that new
ticketing barriers may block off access to shops on the arcade's western side.
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Campbell Arcade runs between Flinders St and Flinders Lane.
Campbell Arcade runs between Flinders St and Flinders Lane. Photo: Darrian
Traynor
A spokesman for the Authority said: "Cross Yarra Partnership will work with
Heritage Victoria to obtain the relevant heritage permits ahead of starting
works that affect Campbell Arcade."
Using the arcade as a pedestrian underpass would "lessen the disruption and
impact to Flinders Street traffic and trams", the spokesman said.
But Tristan Davies, president of lobby group Melbourne Heritage Action, said
the new station plans threaten to "destroy the arcade" which he described as an
"intact example of 1940s architecture".
"It's similar to what happened with the Port Phillip Arcade ... that process
was not exactly consultative."
The National Trust Board of Victoria has slammed the Authority's decision to
give stakeholders just three weeks to respond to the station's new extensive
plans.
"It's quite intentional," said the branch's chair, Kristin Stegley, who
criticised plans to demolish heritage listed buildings for the sake of a new
underground railway.
"Surely we can build a tunnel that won't trash our heritage."
The new plans offer a vision of how the new stations will fit with the city.
They reveal that 95 trees along St Kilda Road will now face the chop, down from
170 previously announced. It follows community outrage over the loss of the
iconic elm trees.
The total number of trees set for removal along the tunnel route is now 770,
down from more than 900.
By the time Melbourne Metro Tunnel is up and running in 2026, A'Beckett Street
will have cars removed between Swanston and Stewart Streets, the plans show,
and fitted out with seating areas, a basketball half court and a "social
enterprise bicycle mechanic".
And Parkville Station's new pedestrian underpass, beneath Royal Parade, was
flagged as a possible interchange for commuters using the next underground
metro tunnel in the pipeline: Melbourne Metro 2.
The release of the plans coincides with calls for the station designs to match
the architectural splendour seen in Dubai, Paris and Singapore.
Dr Phillip Roös has written design guidelines for the new stations, which
reinforce principles of "biophilic design" - a technique that incorporates
natural elements into buildings to improve health and wellbeing.
Where there is no capacity to include natural plants or light underground, Dr
Roös calls for virtual reality "and similar illusory systems" such as an
artificial sky and projected images of nature.
Transport infrastructure expert Chris Hale said despite major construction on
the project starting next year, the plans still lacked crucial details.
It was still unclear why interchanges were not planned for South Yarra and
North Melbourne (Arden), to save commuters travelling into the CBD to change
lines, Dr Hale said.
Building the capacity to interchange with the Craigieburn and possibly the
Upfield lines at the new station in Arden – a desolate industrial area set for
significant urban renewal - would have maximised prospects for development, and
benefited commuters from the west and north, he said.
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