We all love sidewalk cafes but I like them best when they are not next to busy or crowded streets with lots of fuming cars. In Europe the best sidewalk cafes are in pedestrian squares and the worst on on busy streets.
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Insurance premiums for thousands of Australians are likely to double or even triple within decades. New data reveals the suburbs facing the biggest jumps.
Three times as many people die from heat-related deaths in Sydney’s west than its east during extreme temperature events, according to new research from the University of NSW and Sydney Water.
Much of the growth in our cities is in the outer suburbs, now home to around 5 million people. And that creates problems like traffic that detract from the advantages residents see in living there.
For nearly two decades, our user-generated Great Public Spaces database has served as an inspiration to these local placemakers and as a repository of their work, and this month, we added five stunning new entries that have a little something for everyone.
St Leonards "breathing wall" is a doubled-walled structure filled with nearly 6000 plants that filter out vehicle exhaust and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) to produce cleaner air, while its structure can also absorbing the sounds of our busiest roads. Dr Fraser Torpy is the Program Director Environmental Biology UTS who met roving reporter Sam Emery there to talk you throug
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We all love sidewalk cafes but I like them best when they are not next to busy or crowded streets with lots of fuming cars. In Europe the best sidewalk cafes are in pedestrian squares and the worst on on busy streets.