Fratelli to freshen up Bridge Street

The Hemmes family's decision to breathe life into dowdy Bridge Lane in the city (see above) isn't the only move to boost the neighbourhood's food stocks.

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There's something interesting happening. In backyards from Seattle to Sydney, people are getting their hands dirty and rediscovering the joy of growing their own food. Edible community gardens are popping up everywhere, from tower blocks in London to skid-row areas in Los Angeles and affluent North Shore neighbourhoods. Top chefs are experimenting with vegetables from their own backyards. Architects are sketching out vertical gardens for Beijing apartment blocks and the rooftops of San Francisco buildings.

24 Hours In Boston

Boston charms with a human scale all too lacking in other big American cities. Its picturesque centre and distinct neighbourhoods are a walker's nirvana.

Secret Suburbs

Close to town but foreign sounding, quaintly named neighbourhoods are the latest status symbol, reports Lucy Beaumont.

The Trick Is To Build For Better Living

Thoughtful homes and neighbourhoods can improve our wellbeing, writes Julie Robotham.

Entrenched Poverty Demeans A Rich Nation

SHOCKING as it is, yesterday's report that many Australian families live in desperate circumstances should not have been a surprise. Nor should people be startled to learn that disadvantage is concentrated in particular neighbourhoods - those intent on making money on the property market have long shunned certain areas. The evidence of the social ills afflicting too many Australians - from unemployment to poor health and education to domestic violence - has been unequivocal. But for most of us, ...

Planning Row Is Developing As Tribunal Chief Blasts Back

VICTORIA'S most senior planning law official has hit back at local council and resident claims that Melbourne's neighbourhoods are being ruined by a rabid, pro-development appeals tribunal.

Crime Link Crackdown Blitz On Drink-related Offences

THE NSW Government is concentrating on pubs and clubs in Lake Macquarie to reduce alcohol-related crime and its effect on neighbourhoods.

Shiny Suburb Rises From Industrial Ashes

Once Rhodes stank, but now thousands are keen to live there, writes John Huxley in the first of a series on changes in our neighbourhoods.

Planning A Shift Towards Healthy Neighbourhoods

Residents' wellbeing is the key focus in urban design, writes Amanda Place.

Crime Study Calls For Alcohol Crackdown

NEIGHBOURHOODS with large clusters of pubs have higher crime rates and the State Government should prevent an "open slather" on the sale of alcohol, a study by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows.

Some Are More Equal Than Others And Gasnier Just Wants To Bring Home More Bacon

NEVER underestimate the jealousy at work inside the dressing room of a football club. It's like a giant monopoly board: some neighbourhoods are worth more than others.

Postcodes With Paunches

Researchers have found that poor neighbourhoods are bad for your health. Geoff Maslen reports.

Flying The Coop But Staying Put In The 'hood

EMPTY nesters on Sydney's upper North Shore are increasingly opting to downsize but remain in their neighbourhoods, holding to a luxury lifestyle and strong community ties.

Amenity Is A Two-way Street

Jonathan Gillis of Darlinghurst speaks of residential wellbeing and amenity, but is considering only that of his immediate neighbours (Letters, December 9). Getting cars off residential streets and onto arterial roads, as Mr Gillis puts it, might be an appropriate objective for suburban neighbourhoods but ignores the fact that in East Sydney there is no clear distinction between residential and business districts.

Schools - Across The Class Divide

Parents are looking beyond their neighbourhoods to find the right school. By Shane Green.

New Design Guidelines Aim

URBAN designers and councils are being asked to use new guidelines to create safer neighbourhoods and cut crime.

Wood Freed, But Many More Still Held Against Their Will

Hallelujah. With the release of Douglas Wood we regain a measure of faith in our common humanity. Mr Wood's freedom was reportedly secured by the Iraqi Army with the help of US forces in one of the most dangerous Sunni Arab neighbourhoods of Baghdad ("Alive and free after 47 days", Herald, June 16).

Residents Fight To Keep Streets 'leafy'

THE character of neighbourhoods in Lake Macquarie is being destroyed by city council planning laws, according to councillor Kay Fraser.

Campbell One Of The Last Of The Knucklemen

Nate Campbell was a streetfighter who grew up in the toughest of neighbourhoods, writes Stathi Paxinos.