Series
City Limits
This series investigates how Melbourne CBD has weathered the long shadow of the pandemic amid changing workplace, retail and entertainment trends.
- Opinion
- City life
‘Not a concrete wasteland’: Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s retort to The Age’s Melbourne CBD series
Yes, pedestrian foot traffic is down and the working-from-home shift has caused pain for businesses. But when people visit the city now, they are spending more than ever before.
- Nick Reece
- Exclusive
- City life
Are you part of Melbourne’s missing 20 per cent? Check how much foot traffic has dropped
Once Melbourne’s liveliest areas, these city zones have been transformed after they were abandoned by the CBD’s vanishing 20 per cent.
- Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
- Exclusive
- City life
Are you part of Melbourne’s missing 20 per cent? Check how much foot traffic has dropped
Once Melbourne’s liveliest areas, these city zones have been transformed after they were abandoned by the CBD’s vanishing 20 per cent.
- Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
- Exclusive
This CBD icon was a mecca for shoppers. Then Melbourne fell out of love
Once at the top of Melbourne’s retail hierarchy, this mighty strip took a mighty tumble – before a “sensorial wonder” moved in.
- Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
- Exclusive
It once attracted 700,000 people in one weekend. Now Lygon Street is in a state of flux
The famous street is facing a sink-or-swim battle, decades after its heyday when visitors crammed in to dance on the road and have their first taste of pizza.
- Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
Melbourne’s Chinatown comeback: How the city’s dumpling district returned
As the rest of the city battles a decline in foot traffic forcing businesses to adjust their opening hours or, in some cases, close altogether, there’s one inner-city hotspot people just can’t get enough of.
- Isabel McMillan and Craig Butt
- Opinion
‘Not a concrete wasteland’: Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s retort to The Age’s Melbourne CBD series
Yes, pedestrian foot traffic is down and the working-from-home shift has caused pain for businesses. But when people visit the city now, they are spending more than ever before.
- Nick Reece
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