DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES AND HERITAGE IN THE PERTH CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, 1950-90

This article examines the remaking of Perth's Central Business District (CBD) during the 1950–90 period. It traces the establishment of a modernist development ethos in Perth's planning, outlines the inadequacy of the City's planning regulations, and analyses the impact on St George&#...

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Published in:Australian economic history review 2009-03, Vol.49 (1), p.34-51
Main Author: Gregory, Jenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1950-90
Australia
built environment
Business government relations
Central business districts
city planning
Cultural identity
D73
Economic development
heritage
Historic buildings
Historic buildings & sites
History
International
Local government
Modernism
Municipal council
National estate
O21
Perth
Perth City Council
Perth: Economic history
Planning systems
Plot ratios
Post-war history
Preservation of cultural heritage
R52
Site planning
Studies
Town planning
Urban development
Urban planning
Western Australia
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Summary:This article examines the remaking of Perth's Central Business District (CBD) during the 1950–90 period. It traces the establishment of a modernist development ethos in Perth's planning, outlines the inadequacy of the City's planning regulations, and analyses the impact on St George's Terrace, the city's main commercial thoroughfare. The City Council was largely incapable of restraining excessive development and the extension of its system of plot ratios encouraged manipulation to increase the height of developments. Several important historic buildings were demolished because there were no legal means of safeguarding the city's heritage until 1990.
ISSN:0004-8992
1467-8446
2832-157X
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8446.2008.00248.x