"The Valhalla Cinema in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe has been screening art house films since 1979, with many famed directors showing their first films there.But this week the Valhalla will screen its final offering, and its closure appears to be the start of a trend for those Australian cinemas which have been willing to spurn high revenue pictures and instead screen non-mainstream movies. From the Valhalla in Sydney, Brendan Trembath reports. ..."
Read the transcript from the ABC's "The World Today" here.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
'Nowadays it's much harder to get noticed'
The Sydney Morning Herald's first website was designed in a Glebe boatshed, home to pesky pigeons and the office of Thomas Ashelford, who explains all to Des Devlin.
In 1995 the Herald launched its first internet site, the weekly Computers section. How did you become involved?
Ingrid Spielman and I had started a web design company called Ether which ran a music website called Wood and Wire. We were getting a lot of traffic, particularly from the US and, for some bizarre reason which I've never understood, Finland. We had received quite a bit of coverage in the Herald, where we were described as "Australia's first popular website" - so that created a lot of local interest in our site. ...
Back then your company would have been one of a handful working locally. Describe your operations.
We had a space in the old Blackwattle Studios - a massive boatshed at the end of Glebe Point Road which had been converted into artists' studios. It was actually very badly suited for anything involving computers, as the power was always blacking out, and there were pigeons that insisted on pooping on our computers.
Each desk had one of those huge super-soaker water pistols on it so you could shoot the pigeons to discourage them. It did have fantastic harbour views however."
Read the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald here.
In 1995 the Herald launched its first internet site, the weekly Computers section. How did you become involved?
Ingrid Spielman and I had started a web design company called Ether which ran a music website called Wood and Wire. We were getting a lot of traffic, particularly from the US and, for some bizarre reason which I've never understood, Finland. We had received quite a bit of coverage in the Herald, where we were described as "Australia's first popular website" - so that created a lot of local interest in our site. ...
Back then your company would have been one of a handful working locally. Describe your operations.
We had a space in the old Blackwattle Studios - a massive boatshed at the end of Glebe Point Road which had been converted into artists' studios. It was actually very badly suited for anything involving computers, as the power was always blacking out, and there were pigeons that insisted on pooping on our computers.
Each desk had one of those huge super-soaker water pistols on it so you could shoot the pigeons to discourage them. It did have fantastic harbour views however."
Read the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald here.
Sunday, October 5, 2003
Carr flags end of Sydney Harbour as port
"Sydney Harbour will no longer operate as a container terminal, under a major overhaul of the New South Wales State port system.
Premier Bob Carr used his address to the state Labor Party conference to announce that stevedoring leases at Darling Harbour East, Glebe Island and White Bay, would not be renewed when they expire over the coming years.
But he says the plan is good news for Newcastle and Port Kembla, with both regions expected to pick up a greater share of trade.
Mr Carr says the decision to stop using Sydney Harbour as a container terminal would free up 33 hectares of unbroken foreshore.
"[It's] land for open space, housing employment and waterside entertainment," he said.
He says there will also be an expansion of Port Botany, but says a commission of inquiry will be set to examine the plans before any approval is given."
Read the article from ABC News here.
Premier Bob Carr used his address to the state Labor Party conference to announce that stevedoring leases at Darling Harbour East, Glebe Island and White Bay, would not be renewed when they expire over the coming years.
But he says the plan is good news for Newcastle and Port Kembla, with both regions expected to pick up a greater share of trade.
Mr Carr says the decision to stop using Sydney Harbour as a container terminal would free up 33 hectares of unbroken foreshore.
"[It's] land for open space, housing employment and waterside entertainment," he said.
He says there will also be an expansion of Port Botany, but says a commission of inquiry will be set to examine the plans before any approval is given."
Read the article from ABC News here.
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Redevlopment steals piece of Sydney's culture
"Australia's urban landscape is changing dramatically. As our cities grow, new developments are springing up, replacing heritage buildings. And when the old buildings go, a piece of our culture goes with them.An old-fashioned boxing gym in inner-city Sydney will soon be gutted and redeveloped as units. It's no shining steel and mirrors affair, the Glebe Estate Community Centre is one of the last old-style boxing gyms left in Sydney. But as David Mark reports, boxing champions, rugby league and union players, Pat Rafter, and even the international media mogul Rupert Murdoch have trained there. ..."
Read the full transcript from the ABC's "The World Today" here.
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