It was a wasteland, because a concrete space, void of any shade, or greenery, that is blazing hot in summer, and cold and windswept in winter, has no real use in Adelaide’s climate apart from the odd activation at festivals. It was supposed to have greenery and water, as well as finished in tiles r...

It was only a wasteland because they'd probably spent about $10 in maintenance over decades I thought the story was that the artist that was commissioned to design it back in the 70's refused permission to refurbish the plaza. Otto Hajek died in 2005. His estate objected to saving one or two bits a...

Prodical wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:12 am

IMO the new building has activated what was a wasteland of old concrete and faded "sculptures" - that time has passed.

It was only a wasteland because they'd probably spent about $10 in maintenance over decades, and an ill-advised intervention which marooned it on an island.

ONE tenancy is even worse than what was being indicated. Absolutely appalling. How can they seriously call 240 apartments + 1 retail tenancy "mixed use"? The building is also supposed to have commercial office tenancy, and it looks like the entirety of that will be used for building manage...

E78 (outside RenewalSA's area) appears to have re-commenced after grinding to a halt when Felmeri Group collapsed. Been workers out there the past week getting ready for foundation pours. A couple of Buildtec banners up on the fencing, so assuming they have taken it over, but can't find any addition...

I just struggle to understand the fascination with the idea of a tram to the airport though, diddly bopping down Henley beach road in a tram crammed with suitcases sounds horrible. I've used the tram in Portland to get to and from PDX, and it works fine. Just have the trams with a different interna...

Ben wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:32 am

Latest change lodged yesterday.

Description
Variation to Application ID 21036808 (DA 020/A012/16 V6): change of use from three (3) ‘shop’ tenancies to one (1) ‘hotel’ tenancy at the northern ground floor portion of an existing building

Ground level activation, who needs it? /s

wilkiebarkid wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:52 pm

What about Le Fevre Park in North Adelaide? Plenty of space so that the horses can have a decent trot around the place.

I've asked that question as well. Whilst I don't love the idea of using parklands, it's better than the privately owned horses that already call Le Fevre Park home.

Yes to North Adelaide (a "destination" in it's own right, cafes, pubs, beautiful old homes, future apartments etc) No to Prospect Rd (just a really ordinary suburban area, a bus is more than sufficient for public transport needs along Prospect Rd) Prospect Rd is a high street approaching ...

It's a hugely ambitious development in an area that doesn't offer a lot except the nearby schools. It also doesn't really fit in to the local area of very much low rise buildings. I wish them all the best though and hope to see it go ahead. It's only a 700m walk to the Central Market and Gouger St ...

Listy wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:23 pm

You can tell that the person doing the drawings has never spent any time at an actual public pool - the picture of the outdoor paddling pool shows children playing in the full sun. No parent will allow that.

You haven't met a lot of parents have you?

I quite like the interiors. The main thing for me though is the layout of the centre, particularly the change rooms relative to the pools.

I agree about the outdoor pools. I prefer indoor pools even in summer, but I accept that they'll probably be popular with most for 4-5 months of the year.

Hearing chatter that the Sentinel development, the build-to-rent project on the lot bounded by Third St, Gibson St, Second St and Station Place, will significantly underdeliver on promised retail space. Despite having a requirement under the urban design guidelines, I've heard there'll only be a sma...

I believe the building was all rentals, entirely owned by Toplace, which collapsed into administration a few months ago and the owner became a fugitive.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the ... 5dter.html

Not about the Seppeltsfield proposal, but the hotel proposal in Tanunda.