Key concepts
Manly2015 is about strengthening the aspects that make Manly a great place, repairing some of the problems that undermine Manly's potential, and in a lot of respects, returning to the key principles that were laid out by Manly's founding father Henry Gilbert Smith.
In his 1853 plan for Manly, Henry Gilbert Smith envisioned a 'village' character for Manly with a 'public common' on the Triangle Site and Belgrave Street as a “Grand Boulevard”.
Manly2015 provides strategies to help the re-emergence of this village atmosphere and in doing so, to start to spread the quality of activity and experience of The Corso across the entire town centre.
Further the increased participation by locals will start to balance the large numbers of tourists while reinforcing Manly as a people friendly, community minded village centre.
Key features
- A new larger library and additional community spaces where a range of leisure, learning and lifestyle programs will be offered for members of the local community to enjoy.
- Pedestrianise Sydney Road from Belgrave Street through to the Corso to form a 'Gateway Plaza' and 'High Street' for shopping as an alternative destination to The Corso.
- Reactivate the surrounding streets and laneways surrounding The Corso including Short Street, Central Avenue, Henrietta lane and Raglan Street through vastly improved urban design.
- Market lane will in the future be a piazza a hub of café culture.
- A new state of the art car park facility beneath Manly Oval to capture visitor traffic before it gets into local CBD streets.
- Replace the current Whistler Street Car Park with new commercial, retail and residential buildings designed to complement the new community facilities.
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