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by MessiahAndrw
Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:55 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460853

Re: Electrification and Resleepering of suburban rail networ

Elizabeth station / interchange, Thursday (stone train had resumed running) http://xaragmata.dyndns-web.com/album/railway/gawler/upgrade3/slides/IMG_8970.jpg http://xaragmata.dyndns-web.com/album/railway/gawler/upgrade3/slides/IMG_8973.jpg http://xaragmata.dyndns-web.com/album/railway/gawler/upgrad...
by MessiahAndrw
Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:50 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: [COM] Highway Inn (Stage 2) | 4 Storeys | Mixed Use
Replies: 152
Views: 98365

[COM] Re: #PRO: Highway Inn | 8lvls 34m | Hotel | Plympton

I'm for one am grateful not much is happening yet. Just look at the picture on this billboard of what is being built there: http://xaragmata.mooo.com/album/adelaide/west/plympton/slides/IMG_8882.jpg We don't need another ugly car park visible from the street - move parking behind the building, or el...
by MessiahAndrw
Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:16 am
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: News & Developments: Port Adelaide
Replies: 1177
Views: 415955

Re: Is it too late to save the Port?

I think there is a line between what is worth saving for heritage purposes and what should be redeveloped. In my opinion, something should be saved based on it's own merit (is it a good building? nostalgia?) not just because it's old. For example, I love neo-classical and Art Deco architecture. Not ...
by MessiahAndrw
Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:43 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide City Council
Replies: 3833
Views: 919695

Re: News: Adelaide City Council

Rundle Mall needs widening, it feel claustrophobic. OK, that last comment is too expensive.... you get the drift. Or create an extra pedestrian mall up Prospect Road as it runs through Prospect (with a tram looping through the middle because it is a long road). Btw, there are lots of people on here...
by MessiahAndrw
Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:32 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: Tram link to North Adelaide (and possibly Prospect)?
Replies: 6
Views: 4775

Re: Tram link to North Adelaide (and possibly Prospect)?

Could a tram link up to North Adelaide (and possibly running up to Prospect) be sucessfully done? It sure is possible, and it was possible more than 60 years ago too! Here is a map of the old Adelaide tramway system on 1952 before they started pulling it up: http://www.johnnyspages.com/scapbook_men...
by MessiahAndrw
Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:51 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: Ideas on how to attract more people to SA?
Replies: 331
Views: 81998

Re: Ideas on how to attract more people to SA?

Start a construction frenzy with neo-classical public buildings and moments (like those found along North Terrace) and relabel Adelaide as the 'classy city'. I remember there there was a once a suggestion for Adelaide to embrace the fact that we have a lot of universities, and should focus on becomi...
by MessiahAndrw
Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: Vision: The New Adelaide Metro Era
Replies: 84
Views: 24406

Re: Vision: The New Adelaide Metro Era

I think this is excellent work! This is very well done! The original domain has gone down, I was able to access the map uploaded to Sky Drive: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=8ac526a53435b646&sc=documents&id=8AC526A53435B646%212294 . Did you contact the Advertiser? Might I suggest trying to c...
by MessiahAndrw
Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: My Vision (zoning, dev, transportation,..)
Replies: 6
Views: 3438

My Vision (zoning, dev, transportation,..)

If there was a hypothetical situation where, starting from today, I was an advisor to all of the local governments in metropolitan Adelaide. This is what I would do to craft the city into my utopian dream. Eliminate zoning for the majority of the city. Zoning artificially limits the growth of a city...
by MessiahAndrw
Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Islington | Developments & News
Replies: 191
Views: 66275

Re: #SWP: Islington Business Park

On a related note about the Prospect area, what ever happened to the Prospect Rd pedestrian street conversion that was apparently approved? http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2739 I e-mailed the Mayor of Prospect about my concerns with the area around Islington Station...
by MessiahAndrw
Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:23 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Islington | Developments & News
Replies: 191
Views: 66275

Re: #SWP: Islington Business Park

As a local resident, these plans break my heart. To me, they read nothing nothing but parking lots and big box stores. What happened to the focus on high density retail and residential development in the area, desired so greatly by the local city councils? As someone who doesn't drive by choice, mos...