This week's announcement of DOMA's plans for the remainder of the Honeysuckle foreshore could hardly be more consequential for the future of inner Newcastle ('Quay to the city', Newcastle Herald 20/5).
The news was particularly meaningful to me. I was a reporter for Prime TV news in 1993 when I was assigned to cover the announcement of plans for the redevelopment of the former Honeysuckle rail yards. It prompted me to find some photos of the area at that time, and it was nearly shocking to be reminded just how derelict and forlorn the harbour foreshore was. Frankly, anyone who tells you that Newcastle was better back then should be given short shrift.
