[COM] Festival Plaza Tower 1 | 115m | 27 Levels | Office

[Nort]

Refurbished, the artwork would look great in Bonython park near the playgound.

[serca]

Refurbished, the artwork would look great in Bonython park near the playgound.

Somewhere like this would be perfect.

[bits]

Imagine if the pieces were installed in a nice lawn, for example.

Imagine trying to mow that.

[Thunderstruck]

Pretty funky in its heyday I reckon. Shame the plaza wasn't kept completely covered like it used to be. Could have just repainted the sculptures, installed some large-screen TVs, popped in a couple of kiosks and a bar, installed some shade sails and boom - there's your plaza redevelopment right there. All for the princely sum of $74.50.

No need to thank me, it was a pleasure.

This is a bloody nice image of how good it used to look. The colour was vibrant and hadn't faded, there were lovely trees/bushes scattered about and a nice little water feature in front of the playhouse further along plus the stupid chasm where the road goes through now dividing the platform in two was not present. Once that was done and trees/bushes removed combined with the fading over time, it really has gone down the drain.

[Thunderstruck]

Also question....anyone here know when that divide between the platform occured? Never paid attention but I'm sure it was all one piece in the mid 90's at last thought.

[Patrick_27]

Also question....anyone here know when that divide between the platform occured? Never paid attention but I'm sure it was all one piece in the mid 90's at last thought.

2003.

[monotonehell]

Imagine if the pieces were installed in a nice lawn, for example.

Imagine trying to mow that.

*issues Bits a pair of nail scissors*
No need to imagine... off you go...

[omada]

I have great memories roller blading in the plaza before "the upgrade" in 2003. (It was the 90's, and yeh thats how old I am )

[Matt]

Anyone know if the detailed plans are lurking anywhere for this one?

Saw the designs for the Casino redevelopment, but haven't seen the plans for the Plaza.
Or are we not yet at that stage?

Cheers.

[Norman]

Anyone know if the detailed plans are lurking anywhere for this one?

Saw the designs for the Casino redevelopment, but haven't seen the plans for the Plaza.
Or are we not yet at that stage?

Cheers.

They were available earlier in the year, but I guess they were removed after it was approved.

[Llessur2002]

Some nice glimpses of the plaza complete with its water features and Hajek's sculptures in this very sexy video from '77...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUv7SBp68OA

[Goodsy]

Some nice glimpses of the plaza complete with its water features and Hajek's sculptures in this very sexy video from '77...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUv7SBp68OA

That's the kind of campaigning Weatherill needs to reproduce at the next state election

[phenom]

Some nice glimpses of the plaza complete with its water features and Hajek's sculptures in this very sexy video from '77...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUv7SBp68OA

Wow Grenfell Centre looked so tall there without the Telstra building (and all the others) clustered around it.

It certainly shows that one way or another the festival plaza is way overdue for some sort of rejuvenation... and also the benefit of the water features. More of those please - especially needed for the warmer months down there.

[Nathan]

Festival Plaza overhaul to include aty gallery as part of plan to make Adelaide world class cultural hub
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... y-comments

ADELAIDE is closer to becoming a “world-class cultural hub” with the State Government confirming it will investigate building an art gallery and revealing further details of the Festival Plaza overhaul.

Premier Jay Weatherill on Friday said details on a plan for an art gallery would be released as part of next month’s State Budget.

The Advertiser understands hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding has been allocated to a scoping study which will investigate whether a new gallery would be commercially viable.

It comes as Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan released new images of the walkway along the riverbank which will become a seamless “promenade” on the south side from the footbridge to King William St.

The current path would be widened and include a Hollywood-style Walk of Fame which should be accessible to the public by the third quarter next year as part of the first stage of works on the Festival Plaza project.

Last week, The Advertiser revealed there were strong arguments being made within State Cabinet for a contemporary art gallery but the “lively” debate centred on whether it should be located at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site or on the Torrens riverbank near the new hospital.

But some within Cabinet, understood to include Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis and Deputy Premier John Rau, were not convinced of the business case for another gallery and hesitant to commit the $250 million likely needed to build it.

Mr Weatherill would not reveal his preferred location for a new gallery. It is understood the scoping study would investigate the best location.

“I think these (questions about location) are some of the questions we need to answer first,” Mr Weatherill said at the SA Press Club on Friday.

“Rather than starting with the building I think you need to start with a cultural vision for the state and then think about some of the other questions.

“It’s a very exciting idea and I think you’ll hear more about it in the State Budget. I think there is a case for another cultural institution in SA.”

Mr Mullighan said that the promenade would significantly improve access into Elder Park and make the Festival Centre more accessible from the riverbank.

“The Adelaide Festival Plaza is set to become a unique world-class hub for arts, culture,

tourism and entertainment, and developing accessible and public spaces, such as the Northern Promenade, will be vital to achieving this,” he said.

“The design will target the separation of vehicle and pedestrian movements, improving safety and the function of the site while remaining sensitive to the existing cultural and heritage elements of the location.

“While there will be some disruptions during construction, we will make every effort to minimise the impacts on the general public as much as possible while we building what promises to be one of the Adelaide’s landmark sites and a focal point for our increasingly vibrant city.”

[Blimp]

The office component of this will surely kill off the chances of the GPO offices going through anytime soon. Will be interesting who ends up leasing these offices out (bar the standard government department leases).