Creative Sydney's Upsides of Downturns - Presentation by Craig Alchin
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Upside of Downturns
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel Obama’s Chief of Staff
“Opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.Long term problems become immediate”
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel Obama’s Chief of Staff
Sydney Analysis
Creativity, Cities and a Crisis/ Downturn
1. Personality of cities
2. Lessons from Melbourne
3. Upside for Sydney
Sydney Analysis
1. Personality of cities
Sydney Analysis
Personality
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
(+ Theme Parks)
Sydney Analysis
Shaped by Siblings
Brisbane
(+ Theme Parks)
Sydney
Melbourne
Sydney Analysis
Sydney’s Personality
Beautiful
Rich
Loves a party
Sydney Analysis
GFC- Crisis
Party’s Over
Don’t waste the crisis
Sydney Analysis
2. Lessons from Melbourne
Melbourne – Grids and Greenery Image 1987
The Age-
Mid 1980’s
streets = 80%
Melbourne – State Gov Focus on City Centre for Specialist Retail
Build to edge of block, 50% of street front small scale retail
Melbourne recession – low rent – Got funky (Jane Jacobs)
Busy café lanes and hidden bar lanes
Jane Jacobs –
New things happen in low rent areas
MEYERS PLACE
Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne
Meyers Place 1994
Active Edges- 1 shopfront, 1 restaurant, empty office, carpark
MEYERS PLACE
Six Degrees Bar, MelbourneNew Office Building Melbourne CBD 2008
MEYERS PLACE
Six Degrees Bar, MelbourneActive Edges- 80%, New Laneway at rear \
Continued Increase of Supply of Fine Grain Space
Melbourne Additional Infrastructure Projects
Sydney Analysis
3. Upside for Sydney – Agenda?
Go With Strengths : Diversity, $ & Environment
Take on The Big Challenge- Climate Change
Go West, Get Dense, Green Economy
City of Cities
Go West
Go West
Get Dense
Not Paris
Tokyo
New Financial Community Model:
Carbon Budget per person- if you don’t use it you can sell it
Upside of Downturns