San Antonio style South Park River Walk

[Cam]

Have been there and left a great impression.

Running along South Terrace / Parklands about 20 Feet below Street Level. South Terrace is the place for this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_River_Walk

Check out the photos at the bottom of the link.

Cafes and Different Gardens

Could link back into CBD side into Shopping Plaza / Hotels.

Being 20 feet below could extend up along Anzac Highway to Greenhill Road and provide Link with Keswick Interchange.

What do you think?

Cheers, Cam.

[thechap]

I Don't see this working along south terrace, where's the river? That pissy little stream does not qualify. Plus we already have several of these river walks by the torrens...

[Cam]

thanks for your reply oldchap,, I see this as a Major Works project. A man-made river carved into the Parklands which is manageable. The water is sourced from Underground Aquifier and to be re-used for Parklands / Industry. The economy generated will cover costs.

[Shuz]

I think this could work really well in the southern parklands, intergrated with the wetlands scheme it would kickstart and introduce life into what is a dull area of the city.

[Cam]

you know Shuz,, if the water supply is available and I believe it is ,, then this could be something special.

[Wayno]

probably a good idea, although i'd much prefer the Torrens waterfront to be fully developed west of morphett st first...

[jk1237]

it does look nice. Even a couple of cafes/bars/restaurants on the side of the Torrens near Adl Uni/Zoo would be good. Its a nice little part of Adelaide.
Whats the population of San Antonio, anyone know? Spose I could look it up

[Cam]

I thought the South Parklands for this because - it looks South Parklands . Being a meandering man-made water filled cement channel that caters to Business and Tourists alike which Looks damn good ,, you can build worlds around and is manageable. Drain it and give it a clean once year . Like the yearly Mud Festival as the San Antonions call it.

[rev]

it does look nice. Even a couple of cafes/bars/restaurants on the side of the Torrens near Adl Uni/Zoo would be good. Its a nice little part of Adelaide.
Whats the population of San Antonio, anyone know? Spose I could look it up

City is 1.2mil, metro is 1.9mil.

[Omicron]

Reminds me of the Avon through Christchurch.

[Cam]

Thought I would bump this Vision. Here is a cut and paste job of the concept using Google Earth maps.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq23 ... raft2a.jpg

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=e ... a=N&tab=wi

I think the plan would be that the canal is Concrete based ( for easy clean) and that the Water is predominately Wetland / Recycled and Aquifer supplied. Building the canal at a gradient to induce flow and then went it reaches the end would be pumped back to the source / wetlands.
The canal and riverwalk would still be 20 feet below the street level however because building shadows encroach - might need to be further away from South Terrace. It should be viable as you can build an economy around it to fund its maintenance.

[fabricator]

I wonder if we could use the Torrens lake itself as a water source, its so mucky that pumping it around might be a good way to clean and oxygenate it.

Up towards the Zoo there is an open concrete channel, that might be a good location for this sort of thing also.