Never ever would they extend a tram line over the eastern half of North Terrace while poles and overhead wires are necessary* to power trams. It would be considered far too ugly an addition to such an iconic boulevard. And while I don't always find these overhead wires ugly in most areas, and can i...

ABC News Online has a more substantial article on the boundary change:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007 ... 988038.htm

Geze that looks bad. Why do they have to do some arty cr** like that. Why don't they just stick up a massive screen and put Sky News on it or something. Change it for sporting events or what ever. People would actually stand around and watch it then rather than some useless thing. Even advertisemen...

Giant screen cost blow-out Article from: The Advertiser CANDICE KELLER July 24, 2007 02:30pm THE Times Square style television screen proposed for Rundle and Pultney street intersection will cost $600,000 more than first expected. At the Capital Works, Assets and Projects committee meeting last nig...

Article in Sunday Mail : Stoked with SA. . . so media magnate pays $25m for property Renato Castello 15 July 2007 MEDIA magnate Kerry Stokes has bought a huge chunk of the Fleurieu Peninsula in a property deal worth up to $25 million. The Channel Seven boss's private company, Australian Capital Equi...

Gosh, the 'Tiser's really pushing toll roads lately...

And the re-election campaign begins...

...the Tonsley service is rather slow, useless and inconsistent. For example, on the way home, a train departs Tonsley at 4.15pm, then there isn't another until 5.10pm! If the line was just 1km longer, it'd service Flinders Uni and Medical, and more frequent services would be warranted! I remember ...

How is the purchased site adjacent to Castle Plaza? I thought the Hills property was a block down from Castle Plaza on 944-956 South Rd. If that's the case, I don't see how any development there would be connected to Castle Plaza. In any event, although Castle Plaza does need redevelopment, expansio...

Just your typical Pt Adelaide infrastructure there!! If they want to ensure that people will start flooding to Pt Adelaide's new developments, places like these will need an upgrade to something good enough to show off to the rest of the nation. Heritage restrictions will have to be loosened up, fo...

AtD wrote:Adelaide draws water from the Murray, the dams, even at capacity, aren't enough. We're still screwed.

Just not as screwed as Brisbane...

By the way, does anyone know where the railyards are going to be moved to yet? All over the place. Here's an article from the 'Tiser: '07 STATE BUDGET Train yard shift will cost $157m 8 June 2007 The Advertiser THE Adelaide railyards will be relocated at a cost of $157 million to make way for the n...

Brainstorm coming through! Knock down the Riverside office building, and the adjoining Hyatt Convention Building, creating an open space link between North Terrace and the Riverbank. Transform this area into a Federation Square style plaza, utilised with cafes and LCD screens mounted around the are...

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Are you for real? People are allowed to make comparision by whatever means they want, whether it be extremist or conventional. My comparison was moreso of a joke than reality, although one can say that there are striking similarities. So does that mean this thread's dead? No, not at all. It's just ...