[COM] Victoria Square Upgrade - $24m

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#1396 Post by stronic » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:46 pm

monotonehell wrote:Poor turf.. 43 degrees tomorrow :(
Now that's bad. :o

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#1397 Post by stronic » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:31 pm

To those who constantly claim Gum Trees fall down or shed branches at the same rate as any other tree, most of the trees brought down today by the wind were Gums. Explain that. The council should learn that they just aren't suitable for our cities.

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#1398 Post by Waewick » Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:13 pm

stronic wrote:To those who constantly claim Gum Trees fall down or shed branches at the same rate as any other tree, most of the trees brought down today by the wind were Gums. Explain that. The council should learn that they just aren't suitable for our cities.
would that be because there is more gums?

Perhaps you should stick with proven facts

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#1399 Post by Matt » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:34 pm

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Now can we get over the effing trees? They're planted, it's done - get over it.


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#1400 Post by Ho Really » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:55 pm

Matt wrote:Now can we get over the effing trees? They're planted, it's done - get over it.
Aren't they still fresh enough to uproot, Matt :D . Anyway we'll wait and see. We'll give them a few years, then we'll pass judgement. Sincerely though, hope all turns out good. Last thing we want is damage done to persons or things.

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#1401 Post by Matt » Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:08 pm

ARGH!
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Square is looking mighty fine, can't wait for the water feature - does anyone know any more about this?

How it works, how it's going to look, what it's going to do?


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#1402 Post by ml69 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:06 pm

Matt wrote:Image

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Now can we get over the effing trees? They're planted, it's done - get over it.


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Wow Vic Square looks great at night.... what a contrast to the southern section of the square.

Wouldn't it be great to have a seasonal feature where the xmas tree is at different times of the year? Eg big lighted cross at Easter, some lighted festival-related sculpture in Feb/March etc.

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#1403 Post by SRW » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:33 am

Matt wrote:Image

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Now can we get over the effing trees? They're planted, it's done - get over it.


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Looking brilliant by night. I'd love to see a spire finally built atop St Francis's bell tower and illuminated at night to add drama to the square's surrounds. The planned new court building south of the square should help create a sense of enclosure too.
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#1404 Post by Phantom » Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:15 am

Matt wrote:Image
I just wish there was more height amongst the buildings south of Victoria Sq and not necessarily along King William St.

In saying that though, this picture looks freakin' awesome! :D
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#1405 Post by stevedude95 » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:00 pm

Wouldn't it look great if the buildings surrounding the square had light features of some kind, possibly such as the Rundle Lantern. Would give an awesome Times Square feel to the square IMO.

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#1406 Post by stronic » Sat Dec 21, 2013 6:39 pm

Have they planted Palm Trees around the outside? :sly:

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#1407 Post by Xaragmata » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:52 am

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#1408 Post by Phantom » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:05 pm

This may be the most boring post I've ever written, but...

The busses that go through the square no longer go around it and turn around by the courts, they cut back through the middle again. I assume this is now a permanent thing again.
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#1409 Post by UrbanSG » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:00 pm

They're testing the new water feature at the northern end of the square today ... webcam:

http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/information/webcams

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#1410 Post by UrbanSG » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:03 pm

Some pictures of the new interactive northern fountain in this article:

http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 6800808023

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