News & Discussion: Squares and Parklands

[Mpol02]

Which one? Lol

[rev]

Furthering on the aforementioned, they should remove roads entirely from these squares, be it through or perimeter. Turn the nearby laneways into replacement/alternate routes. Honestly, the entitled dependency of Adelaideans using their private vehicle and the subsequent requirement to cater for this conot use to astound me.

Playhouse Lane and Gilles Arcade are pretty much just access roads for car parks. If they remove access from the square to Playhouse Lane, vehicles can still get to their car parks from the other end off Currie St.
This alone shouldn't be a reason to keep access to Playhouse lane to the square.
Personally I think if they're going to completely re-shape the square, they should be working with the government to rezone around the square and open some the TAFE sites to development. Perhaps move the tafe to the remand centre site and move the remand centre behind the courts.
I think a bigger approach is needed to just moving a road, adding some paving and some vegetation and lighting. For example other then one half of Vic Square looking nicer then the other half, what's been the real daily benefit? Office workers would still be walking through it to get to/from work/public transport/car parks. The homeless/intoxicated indigenous would still be using it overnight.
It's just dressed up half measures. We're doing something, but nothing's really changing.

[Eurostar]

Furthering on the aforementioned, they should remove roads entirely from these squares, be it through or perimeter. Turn the nearby laneways into replacement/alternate routes. Honestly, the entitled dependency of Adelaideans using their private vehicle and the subsequent requirement to cater for this conot use to astound me.

Playhouse Lane and Gilles Arcade are pretty much just access roads for car parks. If they remove access from the square to Playhouse Lane, vehicles can still get to their car parks from the other end off Currie St.
This alone shouldn't be a reason to keep access to Playhouse lane to the square.
Personally I think if they're going to completely re-shape the square, they should be working with the government to rezone around the square and open some the TAFE sites to development. Perhaps move the tafe to the remand centre site and move the remand centre behind the courts.
I think a bigger approach is needed to just moving a road, adding some paving and some vegetation and lighting. For example other then one half of Vic Square looking nicer then the other half, what's been the real daily benefit? Office workers would still be walking through it to get to/from work/public transport/car parks. The homeless/intoxicated indigenous would still be using it overnight.
It's just dressed up half measures. We're doing something, but nothing's really changing.

Leave the TAFE where it is, the main city campus is close enough to public transport and Rundle Mall. If it was to move though next to Adelaide High School would be best as it would be surrounded by green space which would be better for students and teachers mental wellbeing.

[mattblack]

Many people are amazed by most of your posts abc, and so the world keeps turning. People are not communists or dictators or belong to some ideological cult. As you have done, convinced people with facts.

As for Light, you are right abc, he is buried there, the only person that has been given the status of being buried within the square mile of Adelaide. Everyone else important most likely buried at West Tce cemetery like Bonython.

what are you on about now? you're not making any sense

I was actually agreeing with you. Hard to believe eh.

[rev]

Furthering on the aforementioned, they should remove roads entirely from these squares, be it through or perimeter. Turn the nearby laneways into replacement/alternate routes. Honestly, the entitled dependency of Adelaideans using their private vehicle and the subsequent requirement to cater for this conot use to astound me.

Playhouse Lane and Gilles Arcade are pretty much just access roads for car parks. If they remove access from the square to Playhouse Lane, vehicles can still get to their car parks from the other end off Currie St.
This alone shouldn't be a reason to keep access to Playhouse lane to the square.
Personally I think if they're going to completely re-shape the square, they should be working with the government to rezone around the square and open some the TAFE sites to development. Perhaps move the tafe to the remand centre site and move the remand centre behind the courts.
I think a bigger approach is needed to just moving a road, adding some paving and some vegetation and lighting. For example other then one half of Vic Square looking nicer then the other half, what's been the real daily benefit? Office workers would still be walking through it to get to/from work/public transport/car parks. The homeless/intoxicated indigenous would still be using it overnight.
It's just dressed up half measures. We're doing something, but nothing's really changing.

Leave the TAFE where it is, the main city campus is close enough to public transport and Rundle Mall. If it was to move though next to Adelaide High School would be best as it would be surrounded by green space which would be better for students and teachers mental wellbeing.

It would still be close to PT at the remand centre site. Just my wishful thinking though.

[timtam20292]

Many people are amazed by most of your posts abc, and so the world keeps turning. People are not communists or dictators or belong to some ideological cult. As you have done, convinced people with facts.

As for Light, you are right abc, he is buried there, the only person that has been given the status of being buried within the square mile of Adelaide. Everyone else important most likely buried at West Tce cemetery like Bonython.

what are you on about now? you're not making any sense

Far out! Matt was AGREEING with you! Still unhinged.

[NTRabbit]

From a traffic perspective option 1 makes sense, I used to drive west along Waymouth to West Tce when leaving my previous job in the CBD, you wouldn't believe how many people ran reds, missed green turn lights, or changed lanes right in front of you mid stream in those multiple light sets across the bottom of the square.

e: And to head off the car addiction, this was when I worked nights or weekends and parked in the Wyatt U Park or in the free after 7pm parks on Hindmarsh Square. Day shifts on weekdays and I had to drive in and park in Rundle U Park, because my immense bitch of an operations manager refused to let me start and end my 12-10 shift 5 minutes early to let me run from Chesser House to catch the 2202 G20 bus home out front of 2KW, and insisted I would just have to deal with waiting 50 minutes for the 2305 bus

[Bobski]

Pics taken today 12/12 of the the Pakapakanthi Wetlands looking sensational.

Massive fan of this project; the team that put it together did a great job, IMO.

[abc]

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.

[gnrc_louis]

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.

[Cryptic]

Pics taken today 12/12 of the the Pakapakanthi Wetlands looking sensational.

Massive fan of this project; the team that put it together did a great job, IMO.

Looks lovely! Been out there quite a few times personally.

[Bobski]

Looks lovely! Been out there quite a few times personally.

Have you ever seen any fish? I always look but haven't spotted any!

[Cryptic]

Looks lovely! Been out there quite a few times personally.

Have you ever seen any fish? I always look but haven't spotted any!

To be honest I haven't been looking out for any aha, will be sure to look out for it next time im there though!

[Mpol02]

This does look great. If up kept I think it will be gorgeous. It will be great if the rest of the parklands got this treatment and connected the inner burbs to the cities to switch these types of walkways. They be much more inviting.

[rev]

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.

Native plants that are drought tolerant are far better than introduced species from another part of the world with a different climate.