What's the point of having planning regulations if they're just going to be blatantly disregarded. I'm very concerned about the free-for-all state of affairs at SAPC. Are our planning regs different to other capitals in regards to this sort of thing? Perhaps the regulations should be modelled after...

More about it here: https://www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/de ... estern-cbd

Ben wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 21, 2024 7:58 am

But they are building the supermarket on the site now. They’re not going to build something on it for a few months or even years and demolish it?

Is it possible the supermarket could be designed for future development on top of it?

abc wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:01 pm

This is what all our parklands will look like eventually. The anti-colonialists prefer the unkept Australian scrub look to the manicured European garden look.

It’s beautiful isn’t it, abc? Maybe one day we could have a Sensational Adelaide picnic there.

I imagine it will eventually become an affordable housing development?

Still alive Application ID 24039805 27 -29 TWIN ST ADELAIDE SA 5000 Under Assessment Description Variation to DA 020/A067/18 for the construction of a 36-storey mixed-use building comprising student accommodation, communal facilities, ground level retail café and associated site works – amendments ...

More details here: https://www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/de ... arms-hotel

ACC Councillor Henry Davis had to be suspended from a recent council meeting when the Hutt Street upgrade was being discussed. As is predictable in Adelaide's Big Country Town Mentality, it is unfortunately going to be a clash of ideals (pro-car vs pro-pedestrian) rather than facts or proven scienc...

I walk past it daily. Looks good and adds much needed presence to North Adelaide.

baytram366 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:39 am

I know its off topic but what is happening to that building in the far left of the previous photo? Its covered in vandalism

Was a hotel? proposal for it a few years ago but seems to have gone nowhere.

Mali has nailed SA's future to AUKUS and the US warhawks we can't manufacture anything else because of energy prices however like WWII our isolated location while also in a strategic region for US's plans for war with China make the manufacture of heavy arms viable. https://static.ffx.io/images/$wi...

It's now Seven Years since J/R Duty Free closed its doors and still... https://hosting.photobucket.com/c6ca6540-541d-4e6b-8f6f-373b324ed29d/7c13df78-178f-4bdf-bcdb-c0983f19c5a5.jpg Also Five Years since the older Adelaide Metro Info Centre closed and still... https://hosting.photobucket.com/c6ca654...

This time I'm providing no comment regarding the Viny drama, I will say rev is right and it seems abc's friends from interstate are a bit touchy right now. Oh well. I agree there's been some shoddy decisions and major conflicts of interest (see Lot 14's BAE HQ and Riverlea). It's just funny that Lo...

VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:34 pm

Just saw this on the news…


So it’s gonna be taller than 180m huh? They’re calling it the new tallest, maybe 200m+ potentially?!?

Maybe taller than the Burj Khalifa

VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:10 pm

dude, i was so looking forward to that big tower (I think I speak in behalf of everyone on that view)

I liked it because the design was interesting, the fact that it was fairly "big" was a bonus.