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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:09 pm
by Will
AtD wrote:Well I be damned, Will and Algernon agree on something.
There's always a first for everthing!
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 1:20 pm
by AtD
Wandered past today. The scaffolding’s gone yet the awning and the first floor facade are still very incomplete. Strange.
Golf on a Rooftop
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:42 pm
by Will
I found this article in the Sunday Mail, and I think that it is a really great idea, and another drawcard to the mall.
City drivers take a tee break
ANNA VLACH
August 27, 2006 11:30pm
OFFICE workers dreaming of being on a driving range will get the chance of hitting some balls on a rooftop in the heart of the city.
While it officially opens this morning, the $100,000 Golf on the Mall driving range above Rundle Mall Plaza has been a distraction for high-rise workers since its construction began earlier this year.
Co-owner Eddie Magee and his partners, Paul Boyd and Shane Connolly, said the range would be popular with shoppers, city residents, university students and tourists. No bookings will be taken.
"We have eight tee-off mats so people can rock up and if there's one available, it's theirs," he said.
"That way, people won't be waiting around if someone who has booked one and is running late."
Enjoying a sneak preview yesterday, Tess Benton, 21, of Burnside, a student and part-time fashion sales assistant in Rundle Mall, said the driving range would be a great place to hang out with workmates.
Meanwhile, golf enthusiast Nick Porter, 27, of Unley, said it would be popular with busy professionals.
A bucket of balls will cost $12.50. Golfers who bring their own clubs will pay $10 per bucket.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:50 pm
by Howie
Saw this in the paper today. First thought was to go down (or up) there with my camera.. would present some nice photo ops.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:47 pm
by AtD
Howie wrote:Saw this in the paper today. First thought was to go down (or up) there with my camera.. would present some nice photo ops.
I thought the same, so I had a wonder up there just quickly. I didn't have much time to look around, but there isn't all that much of a spectacular view. There's a lot of equipment on the roof that ruin it, and what's left is covered by netting.
Still, interesting idea.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:51 pm
by Mants
how do u get up there?
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:31 am
by Will
Mants wrote:how do u get up there?
Take the lift or the stairs.
Grenfell Centre plaza
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:32 pm
by Ho Really
The plane trees in front of the Grenfell Centre have all been chopped down. This part of the plaza has been fenced off for a little while now. Is there some kind of redevelopment going on?
Cheers
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:57 am
by crawf
Yeah i saw that today. Theres so much going on in the city at the moment
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:51 pm
by Mants
there was a small article about it in the paper today
the main focus of the article was that the trees had been removed and outlined the distress of the cafe owners, who were uninformed of this project.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:08 pm
by crawf
Well those trees did fit in well with the Grenfell Centre.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:14 pm
by sam
Isn't that building called The Black Stump??
Because there's some stumps out the front now too!
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:22 pm
by Edgar
More trees down
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:24 pm
by Will
The building is getting a new entrance area, including two new retail tenancies.
I remember that there was a thread on this somewhere, this isn't anything new.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:54 am
by AtD
Specifically, it was discussed here:
http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/for ... .php?t=451
Will got the scoop.