Views to Die For

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>How did a 1970s plan to raze and redevelop a historic Sydney suburb lead to a kidnapping murder and urban warfare? </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>And why does this tumultuous period still play a pivotal role in Sydney's planning today?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>These are the big questions explored in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Views To Die For.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Views To Die For</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> has been</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>published alongside the 50th anniversary of the 1975 murder of outspoken Kings Cross activist and publisher Juanita Nielsen.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's the untold and inside story of how a scheme to turn Sydney's inner-east into a future Manhattan was driven by greed secrecy and incompetence. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The scheme resulted in street violence an anarchist uprising and Nielsen's death but also sparked important reforms to support low-cost housing protect heritage and allow communities to plan their future.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's a legacy which is at the centre of a heated public debate as Sydney and Australia grapple with transformational change and a housing affordability crisis.</span></p><p></p><p></p>