Marrickville Town Square

12/09/2026

WOW! Check out the INCREDIBLE town centre - with massive public space - that Blacktown is going to get.

And while I don't bedgrudge them this for a second - ISN'T IT TIME MARRICKVILLE GOT SUCH AN AMAZING RENEWAL?

Epic.

Despite Blacktown's dramatic growth, its city centre hasn't had a r...

23/08/2026

Ok folks. Time for a quick action. Council is actually considering doing this, so visible community support right now is super important in locking in this critical missing piece of Marrickville infrastructure — fully separated bike paths to Sydenham station.

Petition link in the comments. Super quick to sign and submit.

Get into it!

07/07/2026

Gotta love a bit of guerilla urban space reclamation and renewal. Nice one Newtown!

28/06/2026

Hi Folks. Just a little update and some cool news.

Marrickville Town Square - thanks largely to the amazing Town Planner on our team - have just made a submission into council's new draft Development Control Plan.

We have suggested that newly built residences around the square be required to follow the same acoustic treatment principles as other Special Entertainment Precincts in Sydney. We feel that in order for the square and local residents to live happily together we want to make sure that noise isn't an issue. It's a subtle detail, but an important strategic one to get right now.

And while doing so - we have now seen MORE documents showing council's resolve to build the thing.

So good.

11/06/2026

Campbell Cove in the Rocks is such a wonderful example of how you can respect the history and legacy of an area while still unlocking the potential of public space.

Imagine the outrage now if you proposed putting a carpark there!

This is what it will be like once we have the square. People will look at each other, incredulous, and say: "can you believe they used to use this place as a carpark?"

And it will be glorious.

06/06/2026

This is SUCH an inspirational story for us. The Inner West's much beloved Greenway was not granted to us from on-high. It was the result of a patient, long, often gruelling, 20-year campaign by local community members and activists. And they got it!

And it's now the most beloved community treasure.

We have such huge admiration for Friends Of The GreenWay and absolute legends like Bruce Ahsley, Nick Chapman and MP Kobi Shetty who worked so hard on this vision and bought it to life.

And we're gonna get our cookie: Marrickville Town Square, too. ;)

Sydney Greenway event discussing lessons learnt from different players, the challenges and hopes for improving walking and cycling.

17/05/2026

WE DID IT!!! YOU DID IT!!!!

This is absolutely amazing! What an inredible level of support!!!!

In response to the Council's budget priortising survey - you folks dropped 90 pins supporting MTS! More than 5 times (!!!) the density of ANWHERE else in the Inner West!

So give yourselves a pat on the back folks. We're all through the report, so council heard us loud and clear!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

27/03/2026

A wonderful little article on how our 'third spaces' become avenues for sharing, creating, building community and... battling the far right.

Examining the explosion of such community focussed public spaces in Paris, this talks about all the great things that come out of local, communal spaces where people can meet and carry out their lives.

Beautiful inspiration. We can have this too!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an antidote to the disaffection extremists feed on, says Paris-based writer Alexander Hurst