Powerpoint presentation accompanying Craig Alchin's contribution to Creative Sydney's Upsides of Downturns - June 11 2009

1. Upside of Downturns

2. “ You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel Obama’s Chief of Staff

3. “ Opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Long term problems become immediate” “ You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel Obama’s Chief of Staff

6. Sydney Analysis Personality Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou (+ Theme Parks)

7. Sydney Analysis Shaped by Siblings Brisbane (+ Theme Parks) Sydney Melbourne

8. Sydney Analysis Sydney’s Personality Beautiful Rich Loves a party

9. Sydney Analysis GFC- Crisis Party’s Over Don’t waste the crisis

10. Sydney Analysis 2. Lessons from Melbourne

11. Melbourne – Grids and Greenery Image 1987

12. The Age- Mid 1980’s

13. streets = 80% Melbourne – State Gov Focus on City Centre for Specialist Retail Build to edge of block, 50% of street front small scale retail

14. Melbourne recession – low rent – Got funky (Jane Jacobs) Busy café lanes and hidden bar lanes

15. Jane Jacobs – New things happen in low rent areas

16. MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne Meyers Place 1994 Active Edges- 1 shopfront, 1 restaurant, empty office, carpark

17. MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne New Office Building Melbourne CBD 2008

18. MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne Active Edges- 80%, New Laneway at rear Continued Increase of Supply of Fine Grain Space

19. Melbourne Additional Infrastructure Projects

20. Sydney Analysis 3. Upside for Sydney – Agenda? Go With Strengths : Diversity, $ & Environment Take on The Big Challenge- Climate Change Go West, Get Dense, Green Economy

21. City of Cities

22. Go West

23. Go West

24. Get Dense

25. Not Paris

26. Tokyo

27. New Financial Community Model: Carbon Budget per person- if you don’t use it you can sell it

28. Upside of Downturns