Thanks for that, I'm heading to London on the 9th of Jan so I'll go have a look. We're touring a stack of buildings in London and Scotland to inspect examples of new connecting with old and to see what other Freemasons secrets we can cram into the design.Benm16 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:18 pmMicBara wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:14 pmYep it's a common request/concept but when you look into the economics/business case then what you really want to do with an observation deck is get people up, wow them with something different, keep them long enough to feel like the juice was worth the squeeze, have them purchase a memento and get them out again.
To be honest, my approach to most things is just find out what others have done, what worked, what didn't. Do what worked, don't do what didn't.
Love your thinking and your push to bring something new for the people of Adelaide. Speaking of observation decks I feel like the most successful one I have ever visited would be the Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie in London. If you had something of that nature across the three floors that would be pretty magnificent but I am sure whatever kind of space you create will be welcomed by us all.
I've been to the observation decks in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Dubai BK, New York ESB, Shanghai, HK, Paris, KL (phew, more than I thought when I took stock).
We can't compete with some of those locations for views, especially not at night.
During the day our own unique blend of green, gold and blue is still beautiful and worth looking at, but night time will need something a little bit tricky and cool. I can't post everything we're planning but we'll do our best to make sure it's worth a visit.