Apartment blocks raise the roof on Darby Street, Cooks Hill

Michael Parris
Updated July 31 2020 - 8:08pm, first published 8:00pm
REVIVAL: An artist's impression of the original plan for a shop-top housing development at 150 Darby Street. The developer has now lowered the building's height by three metres.
REVIVAL: An artist's impression of the original plan for a shop-top housing development at 150 Darby Street. The developer has now lowered the building's height by three metres.

Plans for two Darby Street apartment buildings regarded as "disastrous" by Cooks Hill Community Group are on public exhibition at Newcastle council.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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