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25-OCT-2007

The Minto Public Housing project from the seventies - an official failure.
Over 500 townhouses will now be bulldozed, unless the vandals get there first
to make way for modern "private" housing. The land is more valuable than the buildings.
Link if interested in the changes http://www.housing.nsw.gov.au/Changes+to+Social+Housing/Redevelopment/Minto+Renewal+Project/

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All photographs are copyright of Barry S Moore, Sydney Australia

Cindi Smith		27-Oct-2007 02:40
Seen many a demise of buildings just like this. Build to tear down.

J. Scott Coile		26-Oct-2007 14:23
Short service for the public investment. Nice entry. Derelict on several levels!

Guest		26-Oct-2007 12:19
Great idea! Nice find, too.

JW		26-Oct-2007 06:40
Seeing the demise of building erected in my own lifetime makes me feel old!! LOL Intriguing shot and strange to think you might be short of land in Oz but I guess this IS Sydney

j>a>e>17 :):):)		26-Oct-2007 04:44
greedy developers rush to the scene... what a world!!!

carolynne_w		26-Oct-2007 03:59
What a waste! Well seen and shared!

Guest		25-Oct-2007 21:26
A very sad reflection on our society Barry! Wonder what our friends in the Third World think of our waste?!! Excellent interpretation of the challenge!

Phillip Normanton		25-Oct-2007 21:20
Mmm lovely, nice'n'bleak. Though they look like they might've not been too bad once, good big windows etc.

Bill Warren		25-Oct-2007 21:12
Another one bites the dust.

Ann...		25-Oct-2007 21:11
Great entry to the challenge. I think they're beyond repair!

Al Chesworth		25-Oct-2007 21:08
Reclaim bricks for sale.

laine82		25-Oct-2007 20:50
A sad and sorry sight !!

Yvonne		25-Oct-2007 12:58
Built to fall down one day...

beverley harrison		25-Oct-2007 11:00
someone loved it once!

Guest		25-Oct-2007 10:26
There aren't enough vandals there, I supposed. Good find.

Jola Dziubinska		25-Oct-2007 09:53
Good find for the challenge.

Dave Hein		25-Oct-2007 09:51
Bulldoze the vandals too.

Barbara Heide		25-Oct-2007 09:46
well these were the times... in France too, they have done their short term social housing in the 60ties and 70ties and created devastation: of houses and souls! very strong documentary!

M�ire U� Mhaic�n		25-Oct-2007 09:40
A reminder of planners' and policymakers' dereliction of duty..

Tim van Woensel		25-Oct-2007 09:09
Indeed a waste of money, it happens everywhere.

Maaike Huizer		25-Oct-2007 09:03
What a waist of money. Well captured.