How's this for a compromise: Hotel is allowed to go ahead with government funding support, but any profits from it are put towards enhancing the parkland. If the development is actually as they say about making the oval a more unique destination then they should be happy with it being allowed to go...

OlympusAnt wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:04 pm

JAKJ wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:45 pm

New York to Perth, landed 5.30am and was working by 8am. Brutal.

How did you not fall asleep standing up? Perth is just about as far from New York as you can get

Lot's of caffeine and will power. Actually fell asleep standing up on the train after work!

New York to Perth, landed 5.30am and was working by 8am. Brutal.

Just imagine the boom for cafes along Prospect road after AFL/ cricket fixtures at Adelaide Oval if the tram went along Prospect road. It would spread the activity beyond the immediate vicinity of North Adelaide. Last I heard the North Adelaide traders were flat after the Adelaide Oval redo. Zero l...

Nathan wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:57 am

The carpark and Hanson Institute no longer marked for demolition. :/

Disappointing! Those buildings are utterly without merit. I'm sure as the site becomes more successful there will be other opportunities to redevelop these areas, if not return them to botanic gardens.

The private development creep on the parklands on the other hand must be stopped. We all know that this hotel is not actually taking green space, but what it is doing is allowing private interests to commercialise what is currently a public space (Yes we can also put forward the Casino, intercontin...

rogue wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:56 pm

Mods - this is becoming a little off topic and more about parklands overall, if wish to move to the pub, happy to continue conversation over there.

I don't see how it's off topic when the context of where this project is being proposed and what it represents is at the very heart of the issue.

JAKJ, I'm sure there are many that agree with your comments, however, I'm not one of them. We all dont have to agree on these issues and robust debate should be encouraged. Its important that each side present sound, rational arguments to fully express why they feel a certain way without being pige...

While I won't reply individually to the people who have resorted to petty name calling, a number of members here can't seem to see the wood from the trees (pardon the pun) when talking about the parklands and their development. Opposing this hotel and commercial development in general on the parklan...

Well, I'm going against the general consensus here, i like it. I think the proposal compliments the existing infrastructure and is a unique addition. As for the whole "you cant build on the parklands" thing, large swathes of parkland are barren, useless dustpans. I think we should activat...

Considering WA squeezed the most out of the mining boom whilst SA struggled to get their own slice of the boom off the ground because of interstate activity, I'd say we're owed this one and anything else that comes our way. We have one of the more fragile state economies so we'll take anything that...

Ha! Good comment. I think a few years ago the business case model didn't stack for a North Adelaide extension. I think it said the majority of residents are wealthy/own cars and don't/won't use public transport. Further there was limited reason for those that use PT to actually travel there. I thin...

Civilian air traffic has continued for decades around the Middle East and over it while there’s been one war after the next. While concerning I don’t think it’s that much of a worry because as I said airlines will go around the war zone. MH17 is an anomaly as to why it was flying over Crimea during...

They are clearly trying to draw comparisons to industrial towns in the US, however the reality is the the US is so far gone in terms of inequality and standard of living for its lower middle-class/ poor that beyond the wealth bubbles within the elite cities and a few rural enclaves it is basically ...

They are clearly trying to draw comparisons to industrial towns in the US, however the reality is the the US is so far gone in terms of inequality and standard of living for its lower middle-class/ poor that beyond the wealth bubbles within the elite cities and a few rural enclaves it is basically a...