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The bulk of Glebe Island’s working port facilities will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?

If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.

  • Estelle Grech

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As many as 8500 homes will transform Bays West into a rare new suburb west of Sydney’s CBD.

Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m

The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.

  • Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison
The scheme means developers can secure funding earlier and projects slowed by pre-sale hurdles can proceed.

Why a divisive plan to build 227 homes on the old Balmain Leagues site will be fast-tracked

Construction of three residential towers up to 16 storeys will begin within months on the languishing Victoria Road site.

  • Megan Gorrey
The homeowner in Sydney’s Balmain won his fight to claim a strip of land.

Sydney man claims land in harbourside suburb under ‘squatter’s rights’

The owner of a home in Sydney’s inner west has successfully acquired a parcel of land next to his property.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Young rowers on Iron Cove at dawn.

This Sydney council wants to build a new swimming spot. Rowers are up in arms

Rowers are fighting a rearguard battle to stop construction of a tidal pool close to the last Olympic-length rowing course near the harbour.

  • Megan Gorrey
The bridge would be accessed via ramps and features a spiral staircase, and an oculus to allow people to peer down on the restored Glebe Island Bridge.

Revealed: The plan to transform a rotting Sydney bridge into an ‘urban island’

Plans to build more homes west of Sydney’s CBD have intensified pressure on the government to reopen an old bridge. One architect has a different idea.

  • Megan Gorrey
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The Dry Dock’s light-filled dining room.
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The Dry Dock

Comfort-first pub that’s a bit too nice to wear thongs.

Cicci’s tiramisu is made to Giuseppe’s legendary recipe.
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Cicci

Dependable Italian wine bar run by seasoned professionals.

The grand estate Ewenton House in Balmain East.

The $27.5m estate that’s set to smash records for Sydney’s inner west

The heritage-listed, four-level, sandstone Ewenton House is set to hit the market for the first time in more than three decades.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Inner West Council announce new opening date for a Parramatta River swimming bath planned for the embankment adjacent to the Callan Park Sporting Ground.

The new swim spot coming soon to inner west

After months of delays, the $3.8 million tidal baths at the heart of Callan Park will soon open to the public.

  • Cindy Yin and Christine Lee