Lost bunny reunited with family

When Gunther the floppy rabbit decided to escape his hutch and go for a hop down some Carlton laneways in early February, his owner was blissfully unaware.

The hidden markets at the heart of Carlton

Since 2014, the Carlton housing estates have been home to a buzzing marketplace hidden away from the main Lygon St shopping strip.

Café Lansdowne is ready for business

Café Lansdowne could easily be mistaken for a regular Victorian-era terrace house as you walk down the leafy East Melbourne street.

February news!

Firstly, congratulations to the publishers for an excellent first edition of Inner City News. From chatting around Parkville, the feedback was very positive and everyone thrilled to have Parkville back on the publishing map again!

Valetta – an East Melbourne story

East Melbourne’s first Crown land sales were held on November 18, 1852.

How do we solve a problem like rough sleeping?

Welcome to the seventh of our 12-part series which will attempt to explore the role that housing can and should play within Australian society and why it is important to our economy that we house all Australians, rich or poor. 

Welcome from the Public Housing Residents’ Network

Hi readers, this column is from the view of a long-term public housing resident.

Inner-city life: where to after a pandemic?

This COVID-19 pandemic has hit us all hard, but for those who spend their lives in our CBD and inner-city, it’s changed things very dramatically.

A testament to Tiamo

Lygon Street’s culinary scene is an iconic part of Melbourne’s inner north, and few restaurants can lay claim to being as iconic as Tiamo.

Baby Button a bundle of joy

“How do you feel about the rollout of the vaccine?”

Cultural competency on the rise

Where the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift online upended many organisations last year, Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) manager of education and visitor experience Rob Hyatt said the trust’s Building Aboriginal Cultural Competency workshops had soared in popularity.

AFLW hub underway at Ikon Park

The development of elite facilities and tailored AFLW change rooms at Ikon Park will seek to boost resources for women footballers to the same level as the men’s league.

How has business been since lockdowns ended?

Ling said people had returned to Lygon St following the end of strict lockdown restrictions and the shopping strip was quite busy. 

Fixing our broken housing system during a pandemic

2020 was the year that none of us expected.

Parkville progress takes shape

Work on the Metro Tunnel’s new Parkville Station has begun the new year in earnest after many project milestones were achieved during 2020.

Welcome from the Parkville Association

Firstly, I am thrilled that the decision has been made to have a news medium that covers Parkville.

Modest Mochi

Mochi, the three-year-old mixed Pomeranian, came into Jenny’s life two years ago when she and her partner rescued her.

When Carlton was a slum

Carlton was not always the pleasant affluent suburb that it is today. For most of the 20th century it was regarded as a slum.

Drink driver no match for barrier

Thankfully this is the image of a lucky escape after a man and his female passenger crashed into a tram barrier in Carlton on January 21.