The Death of Brunswick St. (an ongoing saga):
This week's issue of the Melbourne Times has a section on the transformation
of Brunswick St. into an upmarket gated community and shopping mall.
There is an article about
a plan to dig a tunnel from the housing commission blocks to Sunshine,
to provide residents with "access to affordable consumables and appropriate social activities"; the article has a photograph of the public housing block
surrounded by a high wall, keeping all the riff-raff in. Then there is the
section on the "bigger, brighter and better" Brunswick St., with photographs of
the Punters Club Photoshopped into a Country Road, the new Planet Hollywood,
and a Starbucks.
Planet Hollywood, which replaced Flowers Vasette in December, is now the hottest nightspot in town. "It is amazing. The young professionals from their designer apartments, and even people from the eastern and southern suburbs, are flocking to this vibrant venue," Ome said.
Yes, it's a parody issue, but it's (unfortunately) too close to the truth.