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The City of Sydney has proposed new planning rules that aim to transform the Oxford Street precinct by creating more employment and cultural floor space. The new draft planning rules, which were recently endorsed unanimously by Council, will unlock redevelopment opportunities, encourage investment, stimulate business, and activate streets and laneways.
The proposed controls could create more than 42,500sqm of employment floor space and 11,000sqm of new creative and cultural floor space along Oxford Street from Greens Road, Paddington to Whitlam Square, Surry Hills.
The draft planning rules are expected to activate the precinct’s day and night economy, while protecting its significant heritage and character, Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
Well-run illegal casinos operated in Sydney from the late 1960s to the late 1980s
Casino operators paid police and politicians bribes to operate their businesses
Establishments offered free alcohol, food and sometimes prostitutes to punters
While they generally had shabby exteriors, inside many casinos were luxurious
The buildings that housed the casinos still stand in the city and eastern suburbs