http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/comment-page-1/#comment-6115 Robert Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:29:32 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/#comment-6115 That's just wrong, sirhumphrey. West End was dead long ago --- that's why they let ND have the vacant buildings there in the first place. Now the bookshops are re-opening, and there are new clothes shops. It's only a few pubs that the wharfies used to frequent that closed down, and mechanisation of the port caused that, not ND. <!-- three strikes score: 0. --> That’s just wrong, sirhumphrey. West End was dead long ago — that’s why they let ND have the vacant buildings there in the first place. Now the bookshops are re-opening, and there are new clothes shops. It’s only a few pubs that the wharfies used to frequent that closed down, and mechanisation of the port caused that, not ND.

]]> http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/comment-page-1/#comment-6111 sirhumphrey Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:58:48 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/#comment-6111 I heard that the uni was gutting the area of street life,after all anyone can refurbish a building. Refurbishing the demographic is a whole lot harder. <!-- three strikes score: 0. --> I heard that the uni was gutting the area of street life,after all anyone can refurbish a building.
Refurbishing the demographic is a whole lot harder.

]]> http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/comment-page-1/#comment-6078 Robert Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:48:07 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/#comment-6078 No big deal. The pubs they've bought to date have basically already been closed down. The Freo is going to be kept open as a bar, and the Orient now turns a substantial profit thanks to the student trade. The Uni's pretty good at restoring the old buildings. <!-- three strikes score: 0. --> No big deal. The pubs they’ve bought to date have basically already been closed down. The Freo is going to be kept open as a bar, and the Orient now turns a substantial profit thanks to the student trade. The Uni’s pretty good at restoring the old buildings.

]]> http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/comment-page-1/#comment-6071 Jonas Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:49:46 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/11/21/squat-squashed/#comment-6071 As a Notre Dame student, what's your take on <a href="http://www.thewest.com.au/20041117/news/general/tw-news-general-home-sto129824.html">this report</a> in The West on how the uni is buying up West End Freo pubs and conveting them for students? <!-- three strikes score: 0. --> As a Notre Dame student, what’s your take on this report in The West on how the uni is buying up West End Freo pubs and conveting them for students?

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