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monotonehell wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:13 pm

Eurostar wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:57 pm

I dont mean carpark I mean a park for families to enjoy with benches, playground, let food trucks set up nearby or just a square to create an interesting entry point and meeting place.

OH! Haha cool.

Shape up or ship out.
Mayor’s blunt ultimatum over derelict buildings.

CLEAN up your derelict buildings or sell up and get out of the Port – that’s the brutal ultimatum being handed to local landlords in the lead-up to next year’s Tour Down Under.

Mayor Gary Johanson has delivered his edict to owners of rundown buildings in the Port, telling them to renovate or put their properties on the market.

He said they had “no excuse” not to renovate, with Port Adelaide Enfield Council offering to chip in up to $4000 for improvements.

Next January’s Tour Down Under breakfast – which will herald the return of the famous cycling event to the Port for the first time in 18 years would bring huge potential to the area, he said.

“This is our opportunity to showcase the Port to the world and prove it has a strong future,” said Mr Johanson, who described many of the district’s rundown buildings as nothing more than “pigeon lofts”.

“There are burnt-out buildings on Commercial Rd that have been like that since before I became mayor (in 2006),” he said. “Surely they can board them up and put a coat of paint on them so they look presentable.”

“The demand for properties in the Port is so great now that there is no excuse for any property owner in Port Adelaide not to do something – if they say they can’t afford it then the best thing they can do is put it on the market,” the Mayor said.

“It’d be a quick sale and they’d get a fair and reasonable price.”

Port Adelaide has attracted significant investment in the past couple of years from the State Government and private developers.

Last year, the State Government unveiled a $2 billion masterplan for 1300 homes on the waterfront to be carried out by Starfish Developments and Cedar Woods.

And several heritage buildings – including the soon to reopen 1849 Port Admiral Hotel – have been restored by local owners.

Despite this, there are still large sections of the main thoroughfare on St Vincent St and Commercial Rd that remain derelict.

At its meeting last week, the council voted to spend another $50,000 to prepare for the Tour Down Under – taking its total spend for hosting the event to $165,000.

This money will be used for creating a “pre-race experience”, called Pelaton at the Port, which will feature a breakfast in the lanes of the heritage precinct.

Local sporting clubs and museums will also be asked to spruik their offerings and street performers will bring a “party feel”.

Mr Johanson said the council was doing all it could – even offering grants of up to $4000 to owners of heritage buildings to make improvements.

The onus, he said, was now on landlords to make the repairs or sell to someone who would.

North West Business Alliance president Ray Hampson backed Mr Johanson’s call and said at the very least landlords should cover their properties with banners for the Tour Down Under if they won’t paint them.

“Port Adelaide is going to be on the world stage and it is a real sore point,” Mr Hampson said.

“It is a waste with what’s happening in the Port – people should start thinking and planning ahead or they are going to miss out.”

It was announced in July that Port Adelaide would host stage one of the race on January 16, when cyclists will leave the Port and ride to Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley.

The State Government is hoping the Tour Down Under will attract one million people statewide.

It’d be a quick sale and they’d get a fair and reasonable price.
Mayor Gary Johanson

Eurostar wrote:Keep a handful of historic buildings then demolish the rest and build modern buildings. Many people want to see nice well kept historic buildings and modern buildings not boarded up shop fronts or buildings that are falling apart.

Norman wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:24 am

Eurostar wrote:Keep a handful of historic buildings then demolish the rest and build modern buildings. Many people want to see nice well kept historic buildings and modern buildings not boarded up shop fronts or buildings that are falling apart.

Which buildings do you suggest we keep and which ones should be demolished?

Llessur2002 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:19 am

For me the abundance of heritage buildings is pretty much the main drawcard for visiting Port Adelaide. Keeping a 'handful' and replacing the rest with modern buildings would destroy the significance and uniqueness of the area and, probably, its rejuvenation.