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"North Bank was a proposed commercial development in the Brisbane River in the centre of Brisbane, Australia. The site to be built on starts from William Jolly Bridge and stretches to Goodwill Bridge at Gardens Point. There was minimal public support for the proposal. Project plan The proposed Multiplex design for North Bank (opposite Southbank) contained eight skyscrapers for office space and residential use, with the highest building being 46 stories. It also contained a pedestrian bridge, 'open spaces', riverfront promenade and an olympic-sized public swimming pool. The proposal entailed the government allowing Multiplex to build out as far as 90 metres into the Brisbane River. Opposition to the proposal There was minimal support outside of government and Multiplex offices for this development, and opposition has come from the public as well as Queensland's peak body of town planners, a major group of architects, and an award-winning University of Queensland Associate Professor Peter Skinner. Despite its initial approval by the Bligh Labor government there is currently much debate regarding the value of the project, given the extensive ecological, visual, physical and infrastructure consequence involved in building so far out over the river. There was much opposition to the proposal, with most parties concerned about the architectural, historical and ecological legacy of the development. The Brisbane City Council and the Queensland State Government are not the developers of the site, but are vested interested parties as North Bank is a private developer's proposal. There was a very limited and under-publicised public consultation period undertaken after the project was first announced. The National Trust Queensland has condemned the proposal as an inappropriate use of an historic precinct. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garret also spoke out against the project. The Sunday Mail on 20 October 2010 reported that commercial elements of the North Bank development had been scrapped and a much simpler project will go forward that improves public access for pedestrians and cyclists under the existing riverside expressway. On 30 May 2012, the new Queensland Premier Campbell Newman announced plans for a slightly downsized Northbank with some government offices and a boardwalk. See also * North Quay ReferencesExternal links * North Bank at Queensland State Archives * National Trust Queensland website Buildings and structures in Brisbane Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Australia Proposed populated places Brisbane central business district "
"Bermondsey (also known as St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey) was a parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The ancient parish was part of Hundred of Brixton and County of Surrey. In 1855, it was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW). The act, establishing the MBW, also incorporated a new elected local authority for the parish known as The Vestry of the Parish of Bermondsey in the County of Surrey.18 & 19 Vict. c.120, S.42 The population of the parish in 1896 was 84,632, and it had adopted the Public Libraries Act 1850 in 1887. For electoral purposes, the parish was divided into four wards and had 120 elected vestrymen. In 1889, the area of the Metropolitan Board was reconstituted as the County of London, and Bermondsey was transferred to the new county. In 1900, the County of London was divided into twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs. The parish became the core part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, which also covered the parish of Rotherhithe, and the area of the St Olave's District Board of Works (consisting of the two parishes of Southwark St John Horsleydown and Southwark St Olave and St Thomas). A borough council replaced the vestries and board, and in 1904, all four parishes in the borough were merged as the single civil parish of Bermondsey.F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1978 Ecclesiastical parish The ancient parish, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and centred on the church of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, was in the Diocese of Winchester until 1877, then the Diocese of Rochester until 1905, and then finally in the Diocese of Southwark. From 1840, as the population of Bermondsey increased, a number of new parishes were formed:, 'Parishes: Bermondsey', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 17-24. Date accessed: 10 March 2014. * St James, Bermondsey in 1840 * Christ Church, Bermondsey in 1845 * St Paul, Bermondsey in 1846 * St Anne, Bermondsey in 1871 * St Crispin, Bermondsey in 1875 * St Augustine of Hippo, South Bermondsey in 1878 * St Andrew, Bermondsey in 1882 * St Luke, Bermondsey in 1885. In addition, as the population of neighbouring Camberwell increased, parts of Bermondsey parish were included in the new parish of * St Philip, Avondale Square in 1876 with parts of St Giles, Camberwell Politics A map showing the wards of Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such the incorporated vestry of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey was divided into four wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 (9), No. 2 (9), No. 3 (9) and No. 4 (9). In 1894 as its population had increased the incorporated vestry was re-divided into six wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 (21), No. 2 (24), No. 3 (21), No. 4 (21), No. 5 (18) and No. 6 (15). References *The London Manual 1899-1900 edited by Robert Donald (Edward Lloyd Ltd., 1899) History of the London Borough of Southwark Parishes governed by vestries (Metropolis) Former civil parishes in London Bills of mortality parishes "
"Lubniewice () is a small town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, with 2,059 inhabitants (2019). It is the administrative seat of Gmina Lubniewice. History=Middle Ages The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland, it became part of the Greater Poland province. The first mentioning of the fortress Lubnewiz (Old Polish version of the town's name) dates back to the Greater Polish duke, and future King of Poland, Przemysł II in 1287. Later on it was annexed by the Margraviate of Brandenburg. After a war broke out over control of the region in 1319, the town came under Polish control again, as part of the Duchy of Głogów. Duke Henry IV the Faithful visited the town in 1322.Edward Rymar, Rywalizacja o ziemię lubuską i kasztelanię międzyrzecką, "Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka", No. 4/1979, p. 489 (in Polish) A 1322 deed referred to a nearby settlement of German colonists named Königswalde, established in the course of the Ostsiedlung at the behest of the Brandenburgian margraves. Soon the town fell to Brandenburg again. It was located close to the Imperial border with the Poznań Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the east. In 1352 the Wittelsbach elector Louis II of Brandenburg enfeoffed his ministeriales of the Waldow noble family with the Königswalde estates. Between 1373 and 1415 it was under Bohemian (Czech) suzerainty. Modern era Lubniewice as Königswalde about 1900 From the late 17th century onwards the population increased by the immigration of Polish Brethren and Protestants from Silesia. In 1706 Samuel Crell-Spinowski became minister at the parish church. In the 18th century, clothmaking developed. Poles resisted Germanisation attempts, carried out by the Prussian authorities. After the discovery of the alum deposits in 1751, a mine was established here, which was plundered and destroyed by the Russian army in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Königswalde received town privileges in 1808 and was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Brandenburg in 1815. From 1871 to 1945 the town was part of Germany. Despite Germanisation policies, in the late 19th century Poles still settled in the town. After World War II and the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line, the town became part of the Republic of Poland and the German population was expelled in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement. The historic Polish name Lubniewice was restored. Notable people *Eduard Petzold (1815–1891), landscape gardener Twin towns – sister cities See twin towns of Gmina Lubniewice. Gallery Lubniewice Town Hall.jpgTown Hall (Ratusz) LubniewiceChurch(js).jpgOur Lady of the Rosary church Lubniewice. W parku przyzamkowym..jpgPark Lubniewice, Poland - panoramio - Michal Gorski (1).jpgNew Palace References Cities and towns in Lubusz Voivodeship Sulęcin County "