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jk1237 wrote:Am I missing something here. An apartment situated over the road from green parklands, a 5 min walk to Rundle St East, a 7 min walk to Hutt St cafes, and people are saying that its in a iffy spot. WTF. By the way, the homeless are spread throughout the city. Ive walked past this site many times at night and have never ever felt unsafe. I would live in this spot in a heartbeat

jk1237 wrote:Am I missing something here. An apartment situated over the road from green parklands, a 5 min walk to Rundle St East, a 7 min walk to Hutt St cafes, and people are saying that its in a iffy spot. WTF. By the way, the homeless are spread throughout the city. Ive walked past this site many times at night and have never ever felt unsafe. I would live in this spot in a heartbeat

slenderman wrote: Anyway, I'm not sure if anyone's aware, but it looks like there's a Facebook group that wants to save the existing buildings. They are nice buildings and it would be a bit sad to see them go IMO.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... %22R%22%7D

I flicked through the PDFs using good old Ctrl+F, but there didn't seem to be any comments about the architectural merit of the buildings to be demolished (not even any comments that those buildings have little/no merit), it just mentioned the heritage in the surrounds. I admit I might not have looked properly though.

RoiMartel wrote:Cool your jets mate!!!! I'm a major fan of this development and the East End also. It's just that that end of Pirie st. is very unattractive in my eyes. This development will be surrounded by 'checkmates', the salvo's, an ugly red cross building, a car yard and across the street a giant tele-communications tower.

mshagg wrote:A development like this, if well executed, could well be a catalyst for the block to see some retail/service businesses move in.

That said I don't subscribe to the idea that these buildings need to be surrounded only by cafes and independent supermarkets. If you look down your nose at strip clubs and support services then clearly city living isn't for you. Diversity is a good thing.

Ben wrote:I think you guys may have forgotten or maybe unaware checkmates is relocating to Grote street near Central Adelaide apartment development actually so that site is also like to be redeveloped.

Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/227/2016
Lodgement Date: 14/04/2016
Location: : Undertake alterations to existing building to change the use from office to showroom, internal fitout and display suite including minor refurbishment to existing facade.

Ben wrote:Full stream ahead.

Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/227/2016
Lodgement Date: 14/04/2016
Location: : Undertake alterations to existing building to change the use from office to showroom, internal fitout and display suite including minor refurbishment to existing facade.

RoiMartel wrote:

Ben wrote:Full stream ahead.

Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/227/2016
Lodgement Date: 14/04/2016
Location: : Undertake alterations to existing building to change the use from office to showroom, internal fitout and display suite including minor refurbishment to existing facade.

Ben you seem to be a man in the know. Why is it that this http://dpti.sa.gov.au/planning/adelaide ... ougham.pdf comes up blank on the http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/planning/adelaide_investment site? Would be interesting to see the floor plans.

RoiMartel wrote:
Listen miss hagg. Who are you to dictate where a person should or shouldn't live. I've lived in 4 different cities, in 3 different countries and yes I lived centrally in apartments in all of them. You can't get more diverse than my life and the places I've lived in. Maybe that's why I have a liking for certain areas/buildings and a disdain for others. And yes diversity is a good thing, but how can living next to a sex club be positive diversity?
Funny though how you all seem to stick up for checkmates. Vested interest maybe

Also; why so much flack for describing a little block of Pirie street as being unattractive. You can't all be that sensitive/precious

CDJ wrote:There's a 24-storey building being proposed in very close proximity to this one, although doesn't seem to have made it onto the DAC or DPTI websites yet. From what I've been advised it is close to achieving approval. This part of the city is about to get a lot taller.

Nathan wrote:

Ben wrote:I think you guys may have forgotten or maybe unaware checkmates is relocating to Grote street near Central Adelaide apartment development actually so that site is also like to be redeveloped.

Moving diagonally across the city? Must be a bishop.