What future for the Triangle?
The St Kilda Triangle, marked above by a yellow line, is Crown (public) Land on the foreshore of a popular seaside location.  In May 2007 the then Port Phillip Council signed an agreement with developer Citta Property Group and financier Babcock & Brown to build a massive commercial, shopping and nightclub complex on the site. 

Following an overwhelming community outcry and subsequent campaign to topple the unpopular proposal, the public  foreshore land and the Palais Theatre have been returned into the care of the citizens of Port Phillip.   Now it is your turn to decide how this land should be used.  Let us know your ideas for the Triangle site - use the 'Have your say' box on this page.

14 December 2009
On 14 December, six of seven Port Phillip Councillors voted to accept the $5M deal to terminate the St Kilda Triangle Project.  Port Melbourne's Janet Bolitho, who as Mayor of the previous Council oversaw the selection of the winning bid, was the only Councillor to maintain her commitment to the dinosaur proposal.

The Triangle campaign started as a public land planning issue in mid 2007.  By the end of 2008 it had turned into a fight for local democracy, culminating in the overthrow of a Council.

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• Port Phillip Leader, 15 December 2009 - Triangle's now in your hands
• The Age, 12 December 2009 - St Kilda Triangle not my idea of urban renewal
• The Age, 9 December 2009 - New angle for St Kilda's future
• The Age, 9 December 2009 - The St Kilda triangle goes back to the drawing board
• Australian Design Review, 8 December 2009 - St Kilda Triangle plans scrapped at cost of $5 million
• ABC Radio 774, 8 December 2009 - Tracy Bartram and Peter Holland President of Unchain St Kilda (Audio)
• The Age, 8 December 2009 - St Kilda triangle plan scrapped
• ABC Online, 8 December 2009 - Council shelves controversial St Kilda development
• Herald Sun, 8 December 2009 - St Kilda Triangle development project scuttled
• Port Phillip Leader, 8 December 2009 - St Kilda Triangle dumped

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