[COM] Rundle Mall Redevelopment | $30m

[Patrick_27]

Before the change in Council, the position was that the building owners who had, in principle, agreed to the wires for the lighting to be attached to their buildings at the commencement of the project, baulked at the reality of having the wires attached when approached about specifics. I've not heard anything since.

Further to that, I believe the major arcades (Myer Centre, Adelaide Central Plaza, City X and Rundle Place) were among those opposing the wires because they'd damage their street appeal. Which then the council's solution was to instead erecting two "landmark" 40-50m tall towers at each of the mall which would hold take the bulk of the cable/lighting weight and they'd support this cable by attaching it to those building's that agreed to still have the attachment. The location of these towers is where there remains to be bitumen at the ends of the mall. I can't understand why it's taking so long...

As for the remainder of the mall upgrade, I now question the choice of colours for the paving. The mall always looks grubby and the expected chewing gum marks just makes it look worse. And the trees don't seem to have a hope in hell of actually growing to full height because people keep breaking the tops off...

[Matt]

From memory, there was a tweet from either the ACC or Martin Haese that suggested the lighting wouldn't be up until August.

[citywatcher]

Pathetic.

[Nathan]

So missing all of winter, when the lighting would be of most use come the end of the day.

[ChillyPhilly]

Pissant town.

[Wayno]

This document lists the various catenary lighting connection points to privately owned buildings. Approved Jan 2015.

http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/asse ... ations.pdf

[Will]

Pissant town.

Completely pathetic to read such a comment, considering all the changes and achievements of the past few years.

One minor setback, and all the negativity returns.

[Waewick]

Pissant town.

Completely pathetic to read such a comment, considering all the changes and achievements of the past few years.

One minor setback, and all the negativity returns.

good response!

[Matt]

The poles for the catenary lights are apparently going up tomorrow night.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/2 ... mp/?cmp=fb

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[Matt]

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[Nathan]

I did notice on Saturday some of the pits had been dug back open, and boards placed over the top. About time, but shame they couldn't have made the deals with building owners so the poles weren't needed.

[[Shuz]]

My gut feeling tells me this isn't going to look good at all. They've deviated too much from the original concept and it'll just look cheap and tacky - too much compromise.

[Llessur2002]

I think those poles could look pretty good if they're lit at the top like the second image above suggests. Will reserve judgement until the job's done but I don't think that poles vs 100% building anchoring is really going to make too much difference to the overall look of the mall. Am looking forward to seeing the end result...

[Llessur2002]

Just noticed out of the office window that at least one of the posts is now up - outside of City Cross. It's pretty unobtrusive - I cycled, *ahem*, walked my bike right past it this morning and didn't see it...

[Ben]

When walking down the mall though it stuck out like dogs b*alls to me. Especially the one right in the middle of the "unobstructed views of the hills". Totally defeats the purpose of what they were trying to do.