News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#631 Post by crawf » Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:24 pm

Mpol03 wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:27 am
Here’s the trick. Get rid of the dam car park. It’s ugly, we have enough and it’s prime land for something much better.
Yup

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#632 Post by Patrick_27 » Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:42 pm

crawf wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:24 pm
Mpol03 wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:27 am
Here’s the trick. Get rid of the dam car park. It’s ugly, we have enough and it’s prime land for something much better.
Yup
In time it'll go if not rebuilt into something better and I suspect Gawler Chambers will end up a part of whatever replaces it.

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#633 Post by how good is he » Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:22 am

Small problem I think is Adelaide Uni has a (long) lease on the top floor/s of the Parc building for it’s Gawler Place campus - University Senior College.

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#634 Post by Llessur2002 » Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:25 am

As much as I'd love to see the site re-purposed, ACC have just spent a considerable amount of money resurfacing the UPark. If they were considering selling it within the next 10 years I doubt that would have happened. Plus it looks like they're planning to clad or light the facade based on the large number of holes that have been drilled in it. Hopefully Gawler Chambers won't be empty for the next decade :(

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#635 Post by how good is he » Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:43 pm

I don't think ACC own the carpark, I know obviously they are the tenant [U-Park]. I also remember it was on the market in 2016 but I don't think/not sure it sold.

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#636 Post by AndyWelsh » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:29 am

Laneways to be named after local musicians.

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#637 Post by rhino » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:34 am

Great idea! I wonder which one will be which?
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#638 Post by Nathan » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:04 am

Personally I think we could go much further and name an entire suburb after West Thebarton.

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#639 Post by Will » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:06 am

I find it quite bemusing to be naming things after people, whom by and large are actually quite embarrassed to be associated with Adelaide.

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#640 Post by rhino » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:49 am

Will wrote:
Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:06 am
I find it quite bemusing to be naming things after people, whom by and large are actually quite embarrassed to be associated with Adelaide.
Really? Jimmy Barnes, while hating Adelaide when he left because of all the bad things that had happened to him here, later said in answer to a music writer's comment that Cold Chisel's music had a distinctly Melbourne feel, that he feels his music has a distinctly "Adelaide feel". It's in his book "Working Class Man".

The Angels, and Dave Gleeson in particular, are proud of their Adelaide roots.
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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#641 Post by Aidan » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:56 am

Patrick_27 wrote: As far as I've seen and experienced, entering and exiting the carpark has never been so easy. I think condensing the amount of road traffic in Gawler place has done wonders for this carpark because they don't have to compete with people whizzing in to drop someone off, taxis etc. It's now primarily for access to the carpark.
It does indeed seem to work much better now. But people still travel by taxi, and people still need to be dropped off and picked up. Gawler Place used to be a very good location for that. Has this activity been displaced into inferior locations, worsening the problem overall?
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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#642 Post by stronic » Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:59 am

Mpol03 wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:27 am
Here’s the trick. Get rid of the dam car park. It’s ugly, we have enough and it’s prime land for something much better.
I will always have a vendetta against carparks, given one replaced this beauty on Rundle/Pulteney Street:

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and we were left with this:

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Not only are they eyesores, but most of them probably replaced buildings that would be of supreme value or heritage significance today.

:x

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#643 Post by Mpol03 » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:25 am

I went in a wonderful tour before leaving Adelaide in October and I found out then that this is what was before and I was so sad. The car parks look trash. Ugh

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#644 Post by citywatcher » Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:27 am

stronic wrote:
Mpol03 wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:27 am
Here’s the trick. Get rid of the dam car park. It’s ugly, we have enough and it’s prime land for something much better.
I will always have a vendetta against carparks, given one replaced this beauty on Rundle/Pulteney Street:

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and we were left with this:

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Not only are they eyesores, but most of them probably replaced buildings that would be of supreme value or heritage significance today.

:x
Yep
This was absolutely amazing

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Re: News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

#645 Post by citywatcher » Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:28 am

AndyWelsh wrote:Laneways to be named after local musicians.

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