Public opposition to plans for an Apple store was the trigger for the nomination of Federation Square for heritage listing, but it still had to meet the criteria.
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A youthful Fed Square satisfied five criteria to be added to the Victorian Heritage Register. The listing protects the square as a public place, but doesn’t prevent its continuing evolution.
The proposed redesign of Federation Square includes demolishing the iconic Yarra building for an Apple store.
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Federation Square may be less than 20 years old, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be heritage listed. Heritage value depends on many things including cultural significance
It’s impossible to put a price on the value of Federation Square as a gathering place for the citizens of Melbourne.
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It took Melbourne a very long time to create a civic square that served the citizens rather than commerce. Now an Apple store is to be built there, unless parliament supports a disallowance motion.
An artist’s depiction of the new Apple store proposed for Federation Square.
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