Selective Memories, Sanitised Futures: Constructing Visions of Future Place in Inner Sydney

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Searle, G
Byrne, J
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2002
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The contemporary remaking of inner city Pyrmont-Ultimo in Sydney is analysed in terms of the visions of planners, developers, politicians and residents. Developers and government agencies selectively remembered the blue-collar history of this place in their place marketing efforts. These 'memories' were sanitised to make them more appealing to contemporary lifestyle-oriented residential markets. The need to sanitise and repackage particular urban places can be regarded, following Bourdieu, as a strategy of the ?eld of planners and developers, as they struggle to gain ascendency in the game of land and property development. ...
View more >The contemporary remaking of inner city Pyrmont-Ultimo in Sydney is analysed in terms of the visions of planners, developers, politicians and residents. Developers and government agencies selectively remembered the blue-collar history of this place in their place marketing efforts. These 'memories' were sanitised to make them more appealing to contemporary lifestyle-oriented residential markets. The need to sanitise and repackage particular urban places can be regarded, following Bourdieu, as a strategy of the ?eld of planners and developers, as they struggle to gain ascendency in the game of land and property development. Their 'feel for the game', it is argued, is re北tive of a 'planning habitus'.
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View more >The contemporary remaking of inner city Pyrmont-Ultimo in Sydney is analysed in terms of the visions of planners, developers, politicians and residents. Developers and government agencies selectively remembered the blue-collar history of this place in their place marketing efforts. These 'memories' were sanitised to make them more appealing to contemporary lifestyle-oriented residential markets. The need to sanitise and repackage particular urban places can be regarded, following Bourdieu, as a strategy of the ?eld of planners and developers, as they struggle to gain ascendency in the game of land and property development. Their 'feel for the game', it is argued, is re北tive of a 'planning habitus'.
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Journal Title
Urban Policy and Research
Volume
20
Issue
1
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© 2002 Taylor & Francis. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Urban and regional planning
Human geography
Policy and administration