Page 47 - Tropic Magazine Issue 17
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TROPIC  •  URBAN AFFAIRS


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                              BAILEY                                    THE
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                                                           CORPORATE TOWER          PIERMONDE
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          CAIRNS                                                                      2
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              10  Identity                      11  Temperature
              Gives our city meaning and character.   As far as our tropical city goes there
              A combination of landscaping, street   is an obvious shortage of shade and
              furniture, public art and open space   greenery in our CBD just now. It is not
              design reflects the history of the people   just trees but the right trees. Raintrees   Nikki Huddy is from Planz Town
              from ‘here’.                    and fig trees have the greatest effect on   Planning and Sharon Harwood
                                              temperature and shade.             is from Harwood Planning and
                                                                                 Development.
                                                                                 MORE: Check out the Planz Town
                                                                                 Planning page on Facebook for
                Don’t miss the June-July edition of Tropic when we delve into    posts on contemporary planning
                the third part of our Cairns CBD exploration.                    issues in our region.






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