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VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:22 am

Dude anything was better than this dilapidated heap of coloured concrete.

I think the plaza was pretty spectacular when it was new. The road cutting through the middle and the general lack of maintenance and foot traffic killed it.

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Yeah it never was that crowded

This is one of the few times where I disagree with Viney. The signage looks tacky. In fact I will go further and say any physical signage and branding on a building is pretty outdated. Name a globally significant development that has signage in the past 5 years? LED panels are more the way of things.

Honestly the signage is just the cherry on top of what In think is an underwhelming design of the property given the location.

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Cheers for the info, I didn't know this and I sadly wasn't here to see the original plaza before it was butchered. However whilst the trees in planters don't appear in any other photos I can find, a lot of the greenery in my original image was definitely real. I still think it was a pretty funky space for its time and arguably more practical for events etc than what we will end up with now - especially if a few extra dollars had been spent on more plantings as per the render.



However, whether or not the plaza had reached the end of its useful life in terms of materials degradation etc is another question - it could be that replacement was inevitable anyway.

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Maoists rewriting history

I was around when it was built and remember it in its original form

the amphitheatre is missed

Ironically I feel nostalgic for that miserable concrete heap. Loved seeing druggies and needles everywhere while I walked past

abc wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:32 pm

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Maoists rewriting history

I was around when it was built and remember it in its original form

the amphitheatre is missed

Yeah you definitely seem like you've been around for ages.

abc wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:32 pm

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Maoists rewriting history

I was around when it was built and remember it in its original form

the amphitheatre is missed

I must’ve missed the part where political buzz words are relevant to a brutalist slab of concrete

Spotto wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:18 pm

abc wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:32 pm

EBG wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 am

The image shown by Llessur 2002 is not a real image but just a rendering of what the fesival plaza could have looked like . In real life the Pfestival plaza never had that many trees or garden beds it was just hectares of painted concrete. A bleak place in winter and a hot desert in summer.

Maoists rewriting history

I was around when it was built and remember it in its original form

the amphitheatre is missed

I must’ve missed the part where political buzz words are relevant to a brutalist slab of concrete

the shoe fits when you deliberately lie about history

Llessur2002 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 3:07 pm

VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:22 am

Dude anything was better than this dilapidated heap of coloured concrete.

I think the plaza was pretty spectacular when it was new. The road cutting through the middle and the general lack of maintenance and foot traffic killed it.

This looks like a real photo to me rather than a rendering.

There are other pics showing the same amount of greenery, e.g.

Source

I'm fairly certain EBG was having a bit of a laugh over how the plaza was meant to be, compared to how it turned out due to neglect...not trying to re-write history..geez

rev wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:15 pm

I'm fairly certain EBG was having a bit of a laugh over how the plaza was meant to be, compared to how it turned out due to neglect...not trying to re-write history..geez

Sorry, completely missed that. I thought the image looked too realistic to be a render

Bobski wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:14 pm

Llessur2002 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 3:07 pm

VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:22 am

Dude anything was better than this dilapidated heap of coloured concrete.

I think the plaza was pretty spectacular when it was new. The road cutting through the middle and the general lack of maintenance and foot traffic killed it.

This looks like a real photo to me rather than a rendering.

There are other pics showing the same amount of greenery, e.g.


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Source

The only reason the plaza didn't look like this until the present day is that it was intentionally neglected so that the land could be hawked off to a developer.