Provisions for a subway?

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Re: Provisions for a subway?

#31 Post by rev » Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:56 pm

ChillyPhilly wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:21 pm
Just had a thought. I feel the space in front of the Intercontinental can be better used.

How about we extend and continue the facade of Adelaide Railway Station west?
That would look atrocious, not least of all because there will be a clear discrepancy in material look.
But you would also be cutting off access to a major hotel from a main road.

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Re: Provisions for a subway?

#32 Post by HiTouch » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:42 pm

rev wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:56 pm
ChillyPhilly wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:21 pm
Just had a thought. I feel the space in front of the Intercontinental can be better used.

How about we extend and continue the facade of Adelaide Railway Station west?
That would look atrocious, not least of all because there will be a clear discrepancy in material look.
But you would also be cutting off access to a major hotel from a main road.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing rev. Build an overpass or underpass crossing the rail to access the hotel and she’ll be as happy as Aunt Norah on New Years Eve.

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Re: Provisions for a subway?

#33 Post by rev » Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:05 pm

HiTouch wrote:
Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:42 pm
rev wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:56 pm
ChillyPhilly wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:21 pm
Just had a thought. I feel the space in front of the Intercontinental can be better used.

How about we extend and continue the facade of Adelaide Railway Station west?
That would look atrocious, not least of all because there will be a clear discrepancy in material look.
But you would also be cutting off access to a major hotel from a main road.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing rev. Build an overpass or underpass crossing the rail to access the hotel and she’ll be as happy as Aunt Norah on New Years Eve.
It is when the building you are trying to replicate is from a bygone era. It wont look as tacky and cheap as what some other cities do, but it wont look good(imho).

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Re: Provisions for a subway?

#34 Post by Goodsy » Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:35 pm

rev wrote:
Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:05 pm

It is when the building you are trying to replicate is from a bygone era. It wont look as tacky and cheap as what some other cities do, but it wont look good(imho).
Agreed, if it was demolished it to build the Continental and rebuilding it was on the table I wouldn't have a problem, or if a long station building was in the original plans like the dome ontop of Parliament house

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