{
  "id": 11257352,
  "title": "‘More seagulls than people’: Nine months after reopening, City Square is a ghost town",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/more-seagulls-than-people-nine-months-after-reopening-city-square-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/more-seagulls-than-people-nine-months-after-reopening-city-square-is-a-ghost-town-20261002-p611b0.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The square opposite the Town Hall reopened nine months ago but it’s still largely deserted with the cafe, bar and retail outlets underneath the Westin Hotel facing the square still vacant and boarded up.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘More seagulls than people’: Nine months after reopening, City Square is a ghost town",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/more-seagulls-than-people-nine-months-after-reopening-city-square-is-11257393",
        "published": "2026-10-01T19:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}