News & Discussion: Laneway & Streetscape Projects

[Will]

Laneway activation continues, with applications for new licenced premises at the following places recently lodged with the ACC:

*Level 1, 6 Coromandel Place
*63 Hyde Street
*27-29 Gilbert Place
*20 St Helena Place

[Wayno]

Good to see the small bar scene moving southward in the city.

27-29 Gilbert place is behind the new Vue on KWS.

20 St Helena St is an interesting one. Does not appear to be near an established restaurant or cafe district. I wonder if nearby residents will complain?

[SRW]

Good to see the small bar scene moving southward in the city.

27-29 Gilbert place is behind the new Vue on KWS.

20 St Helena St is an interesting one. Does not appear to be near an established restaurant or cafe district. I wonder if nearby residents will complain?

It's not too far off from the few restaurants on Halifax. Although, considering the location is a warehouse, I suspect it might turn out to be a gallery/special events type venue rather than a small bar... dare I say, the new home for Format?

[jk1237]

There is a trial to close Peel St from cars over weekends, started last Friday, much better to see tables outside and people mingling in the street compared to before. Went to Kafana on Peel Street last night, great food and the owners definitely want the street closed from traffic.

Question is whether the Adelaide establishment new Lord Mayor will allow their beloved cars to be banned from going down a street, probably not

[Will]

From the Advertiser:

Three new small bars planned for Gilbert Place in the city

Katie Spain SA Weekend
The Advertiser
November 30, 2014 8:43PM


YOU just can’t keep the small-bar scene down. The latest precinct set to shine is a quiet little walkway full of history and charm.

Gilbert Place, formerly best known by night owls for The Pancake Kitchen’s 24-hour pancakes, has caught the eye of entrepreneurs with hospitality on their mind.

Three new bars will open over summer in character-packed buildings along the ‘dogleg’ linking Hindley St, Currie St and King William St in Adelaide’s CBD.

Figures provided to The Advertiser show there are now 29 active small-venue licences within the CBD with another 19 applications at various stages of consideration.

Planning Minister John Rau said the inexpensive costs of establishing a small venue was drawing a legion of young entrepreneurs.

“The venues are designed to attract people who want to come to the city but are not looking at getting smashed,” he said.

“Generally they are run by the people who own the venue and close at 12 (midnight), unless you have a special licence till 2am, so they have a different clientele than the bigger venues.”

Australian Hotels Association state general manager Ian Horne agreed the number of small venues would continue to rise.

“It is also good for the older, more established hotels because it brings patrons into the area,” he said.

Although not bound by the CBD specific small-venue legislation, the trend is also catching on in regional areas, including at Port Lincoln where boutique bar Rogue and Rascal recently opened.

Jemma Schilling, 24, and Elouise Dukalskis, 21, who opened Rogue and Rascal, said the

“The biggest feedback we’ve got is that Port Lincoln needed this,” Ms Dukalskis said.

“If you want a great meal there are some great pubs but there’s not really any good coffee or a wine other than a pub.”

In Gilbert Place, nautical-themed bar Hains & Co will open in early January and is the brainchild of Marcus Motteram who runs Melbourne’s New Guernica, Chuckle Park Bar and Cafe and Chuckle Deli.

“I’m an Adelaide boy and I’ve come back from Melbourne,” said Mr Motteram, 42, from Parkside. “I walked the laneways of Adelaide and came across this place and really liked it.”

A 1250kg anchor and a bar made from pieces of Largs Bay jetty will feature in the eclectic decor.

A few steps up the road is Vinyl, a live-music venue and bar made possible through Renew Adelaide. Bodhi Thomas, 31, and Theo Campbell, 23, are behind the project breathing life into a building abandoned for 20 years.

“It’s been a few things in its time,” Mr Campbell said. “It was the Arkaba Steak Cellar (at Quelltaler House) and I think it was a Chinese restaurant at some stage too.”

The pair retained the original lighting and wallpaper and made the benches, shelves, bar from wood salvaged from the site.

The bar will open mid-December and the drinks and food menu will be predominantly local. “We have an abundance of great food and wine in South Australia so it seems pointless not to use it,” Mr Campbell said.

Kangaroo fritz and native tomato sauce is a nod to nostalgic times gone by. “It’s actually really satisfying after a drink or two,” Mr Thomas said.

A jazz bar is also set to open in the building formerly occupied by Infinity Games.

It’s all good news for the young business owners.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to stay awhile,” Mr Campbell said. “As long as the gentrification of this street doesn’t happen and the big rollers come in and throw a bit of coin at the building. If we can take a commercial lease we definitely will. It’s just a matter of negotiating that towards the end of March when our Renew Adelaide time is over.”

[Wayno]

Wow! 29 active in the CBD and a further 19 coming.

[Will]

From news.com:

New Adelaide City Council upgrade to blighted Topham Mall will overhaul laneway into outdoor dining area


This story was published: 1 hour ago December 07, 2014 7:58PM




An artist’s impression of the new upgrade to the Topham Mall in the city. Picture: Adelaide City Council Source: Supplied




ONE of the city’s popular thoroughfares will be transformed into an outdoor eating area in an attempt to beautify the rundown public space.

Adelaide City Council has begun work to revamp Topham Mall, a key area in the central business district between Currie and Waymouth streets.

The work, which is due to be completed in a fortnight, is part of the first stage of a wider overhaul of the busy thoroughfare.

The mall, currently viewed as rundown by local businesses, will be developed into an outdoor dining area with an Asian restaurant and laneway bar poised to open within months.

Michael Fisher, the council’s placemaking co-ordinator, said officials wanted to “turn the area around”.

“It is very much a focus to make this a better pedestrian experience and not just a thoroughfare but that people stop and enjoy the area and to make sure stuff is happening on their way,” he said.


Under the council’s new “placemaking” strategy, more than $12,000 of public money will be spent to introduce public street art, replace planter boxes and plant almost a dozen more trees.

A new sculpture will also be erected in the laneway each year, produced by a University of South Australia student. A new branch of a major bank will also open shortly

[crawf]

Yes!!!

[SRJ]

Brilliant. Love this. More and more like melbourne each day

[PeFe]

Melbourne's little brother..Adelaide...(meant in a nice way of course)

[crawf]

What's with the connection to Melbourne?, it's basically a mall upgrade.

Construction workers were this morning removing pavers and dismantling the bricked plant boxes. It's fantastic to see that are not wasting any time improving this ugly yet important pedestrian link. There is also a bank branch opening up soon aswell as a micro-brewery / bar on the corner of Topham Mall & Currie Street.

Nearby, Priceline on Hindley Street has been downsized to make way for a new tenancy (bar/restaurant?) along Leigh Street.

[Kasey771]

Brilliant. Love this. More and more like melbourne each day

I'm not concerned about being more like Melbourne, unless a large dose of our population also caught a dose of the 'can-do' attitude from our Victorian cousins?

This is part of the pedestrian 'path' from the riverbank to the Central Markets isn't it?

[metro]

Brilliant. Love this. More and more like melbourne each day

Since when was Melbore the only city that can rebuild public space?

This should have been done years ago, good to see they're getting on with it. Hopefully after this renewal it is busy all times and not just office hours. I presently avoid Topham Mall due to the high number of smokers, banning smoking in this area or putting in some smoking booths would be great.

[MessiahAndrw]

More in the works.. http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 7147735519
Gresham and Blyth streets are up next. Let's keep the momentum up!

If we keep 'activating' the laneways and sidestreets off Hindley St creating a very pedestrian oriented environment that attracts a lot of foot traffic, do you think it would be a good idea to one day close off Hindley St to traffic east of Morphett - mirroring Rundle Mall?

[monotonehell]

If we keep 'activating' the laneways and sidestreets off Hindley St creating a very pedestrian oriented environment that attracts a lot of foot traffic, do you think it would be a good idea to one day close off Hindley St to traffic east of Morphett - mirroring Rundle Mall?

Sadly a barrier to closing Hindley, Grenfell or Rundle Streets is all the carpark and other vehicular entrances which feed directly onto them.