Poor old Parramatta Road – our could-be high street pays a heavy toll

Sydney Morning Herald –

A high street is one of the world’s great joys. Not all cities have them. Some, like Canberra, have only roads and motorways. Sydney, which inherited this lovely urban meme from old London, has some of the finest. Yet, it seems, we’re intent on destroying them. Stranger still, the greatest threat to one of our oldest and most important high streets is the very device that was meant to save it.

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