Economistsâ high-rise study a low blow for heritage activist
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The introduction of high-rise developments in tin-and-timber suburbs do not have a negative impact on neighbourhoodsâ character, a Sydney study has found â but a Brisbane community group says the assumptions that led to that conclusion are well off the mark.
Centre for Independent Studies economists Peter Tulip and Zachary Lanigan said their research showed that, judging by property prices, high-density living may transform but not necessarily harm a suburbâs character.
One section of Kangaroo Point's Lambert Street where contemporary concrete buildings have replaced the suburb's timber and tin.