muzzamo wrote:I hope to see the land used for a affordable housing for genuine first home buyers (not for property porn stars / speculators / investors)

who owns the land? Mitsubishi?

Perhaps reuse the defunct Mitsubishi site for the Marj Hospital!

in today's Advertiser: New ad campaign tells Britons to 'screw' UK and come to Adelaide AN AGGRESSIVE advertising campaign has been launched in the UK to entice disgruntled Britons to "stuff" London and emigrate to sunny Adelaide. Under the not-so-subtle headings Sod London House Prices, S...

The solution is simple as! Make Victoria Square a roundabout, either in its current diamond shape form, or by pushing the roads right back to the edges in a rectangular shape. As for anything else design wise - ante up the prize pool. Mega-millions, international standard. Just for this once. Hey S...

Utter disappointments. Down from 90m, what a shame. Well if this proposal goes through, this short building is there to contribute nothing to our skyline for the next 30-40 years. Ok, so my sinister mind is telling me the ACC has a hidden agenda to avoid skyscrapers being built by filling up all ke...

<snip> On a side note, I saw the latest ads for the Vic F1 race where they show all facets of the race - has anyone noticed that they use Clipsal footage to advertise that the V8s are going to be racing in Melbourne? Backwater my ass. The Vic F1 TV advertisement also fails to state the race is bein...

tram-extension.JPG How about having the next tram extension terminate on Port Rd near the South Rd intersection? See the pikkie above. The RED line is the tram extension and the YELLOW bordered areas could be rezoned as "medium density residential accommodation" to allow 3-5 storey apartm...

The financial Review published this article last week: LIVE IT UP IN AUSTRALIA - Australian cities are among the world's most livable, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit which ranked nearly 130 cities. Vancouver Canada was the highest scoring city, followed in 2nd place by Melb...

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I'll be getting everyones first names as well to make up some name tags with people's S-A usernames and real first name on them. I'm currently tossing up whether to include avatars on them...

i look exactly like my avatar so no need to include on the name tag!

i love Unley Rd. It's a destination in itself!

We need Wayne Swan to publish this mandate: all australian women must have one child for mum, one for dad, one for the country, and a spare one who can immigrate to Adelaide!

Very good Wayno! It accomplishes something I most desire for any development of the Square: a vista for the four boulevards intersecting the square. thanks for the feedback SRW. Between you and me I think my "spiraling tower" design must have shocked a few people coz you are the only one ...

i foresee K.I. having 1-2 huge marina's, several boutique resorts, and extra ferries going to/fro daily in 3-5yrs time - all while retaining those far away beaches and vistas where all you can do is sit and play monopoly

please include me as tentative - sorry, can't confirm til closer to the date...

It's still amazing how few people actually have any idea about how much investment in mineral exploration and planned expansions are going on right now, even with the information being passed through the media to the public like a smell underneath peoples noses. Tell me about it. I don't know how m...