The building makes a huge difference to the skyline when viewed northbound on the crest of Southern Expressway between Marion Road and Majors Road. It almost blocks RAA House.

Keystone and Festival Plaza have both passed approval in regards to the airport. If Keystones 180m becomes the new standard height cap that provides for many decades of massive growth in the CBD.

If we reach the point that the proximity of the airport is a handbrake on the growth of Adelaide ...

A few changes underway for the Myer Centre Food Court. I didn't have a proper look, but Subway has closed and been removed, and works have been happening with the old London Tavern, which never reopened its kitchen or bar.

I don't believe Adelaide Airport will be relocated anytime soon.

Gillman-Dry Creek is the only other potential location mooted, but this would come with damaging environmental impacts given the marine and plant life in the area.

The Multi-function Polis concept had an expanded Adelaide Airport ...

A quick one from Bank Street. Not a perfect photo, but this a cool sightline and the building fills what was previously an empty gap.

The watering down and cheapening of the design of this building is evidently already beginning.

Roof profile dumbed down from a slope to a flat box? Check.

Ground level activations reduced? Check.

Transparent lobby replaced with a more run-of-the-mill option, featuring brutalist concrete beams ...

Won't comment on any of the controversy about the Walker Corp stuff. But I just wanted to say I really do think the plaza has been done fairly well. Feels like it has purpose now and is activated a fair amount with different events. And outside of that it does not too badly at attracting people ...

Bobski wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 07, 2025 5:41 pm

rev wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 07, 2025 4:20 pm

[T]o buy a median-priced home in SA ... you need to earn $154,500.

According to Payscale.com the average SA salary now is $74,000.

Geez that's bleak

Special thanks to John Howard, and then Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison for allowing that rot to continue unfettered.

Ben wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:51 pm

This site is now for sale. Obviously never a serious proposal and just trying to increase value.

I look forward to the day this is banned.

Roof update.





I also forgot to post this one, taken from Como Norwood:

after driving around, the US for the last month and through some reasonably large cities, I do wonder if it is time for Adelaide to review the traffic flow and start including some 1 way streets

Whilst one of the cities I drove through is considering scrapping them (bad idea) I was genuinely ...

VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:53 pm

I didn’t know that the tower was going to be a hotel? Wasn’t it supposed to be residences??

The fuck do we need another hotel for? Make it apartments.

For what it's worth, during Gather Round, Adelaide hotels were pretty much at 100% capacity.

Yeah, removing those is worse.

Test reply!

Two quick ones of the roof and its structure.