I like it. I agree that the little bit at the top is a bit ugly, but it's a pretty nice design other than that. Disappointing it was scaled back, but at 73 metres and with nothing near that height in the area, I think it will look a bit taller than it actually is. As a side note, why is the cancelle...

So this will be the equal fifth tallest with the Intercontinental, or equal 6th if you count the ANZ spire, but will be pushed down to equal 7th when Vue is completed? Not bad. Dvious, I don't think we've ever had two 25 floor buildings at once. Amazingly, our only buildings over 25 floors are Westp...

Pretty much all chain pizza is horrible. The pepperoni always looks and tastes cheap and nasty and the bacon/ham is always fatty. Sorry Shuz, but even Crust isn't very good, although it's admittedly better than Domino's, which I can't stand. I haven't had Pizza Hut in years since they closed down in...

Torrens_5022 wrote:How tall is the Optus Building?
To compare this development to it's neighbour.

63m. So for comparison, it's about 70% the height of Vue.

What and when was the last building that was actually on this site? Used to be a petrol station and a dinky little lunch bar on the site. Yep. Adding to Nathan's response, they were torn down in 2008. You can still see their ugliness if you go onto "historic" street view. In fact, none of...

Wow, looks like a fun thread: - Maybe an odd one to start, but that repulsive grey three floor TAB thing on Hindley Street between the CML and Paringa Hotel. That building is disgustingly horrible. If only the CML hotel development involved buying that thing, tearing it down and making another "...

I want Sizzler back! I really liked Sizzler and still miss it, but having been to the one in Toowong last year I was dismayed to see just how far downhill Sizzler's gone. Instead of franchising like they used to, the Sizzler company own all the restaurants themselves and run them badly. The food's ...

I've never understood why anyone would like the market. I suppose I must be uncultured! Just looks like a dump to me. You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, but boy, you're going to get ripped into for that. The charm of the market is that you're shopping in something that actually resembles a ...

Well this place has just opened. Grabbed a dollar frozen coke after watching the Crows dish up their usual rubbish. It's a pretty stock standard new OTR. There's a drive through Oporto (duh) plus your usual suspects of Chill, C Coffee and Pie Face. Not sure if it's unique, but there's also a Wendy's...

Yeah, I agree. I haven't said anything about this topic, but I do like Krispy Kreme's donuts and am glad we never have to buy them interstate again, but I honestly don't see how people can spend such a long time in a queue for donuts. I won't begrudge them, but I sure couldn't line up that long. Don...

Those renders aren't great, so hopefully we get a few more soon. It's not a masterpiece, but it looks pretty good from what I see here. I'm not sure I like the "panels" (not sure what they are) to the left of the apartment balconies. That said, it's definitely better than the North Terrace...

I don't get why people want to remove the scoreboard. It's still regarded as one of the best cricket scoreboards in the world in that you can turn up at any stage of a match (be it T20, One day or, in particular, a test match) and get a complete picture of the game from the scoreboard (something th...

dsriggs wrote:The DPTI must've seen this at some point...

http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/planning/adelaide_investment

That map shows that the Topham Apartments are "under construction". As I never really go along Currie Street to see, is this actually true?

Also agree. Ugly design. Why do we get such boring architecture in Adelaide? Look at designs like Vue for inspiration (probably impossible on this site, but still)! This is boxy, bland and, as pushbutton said, doesn't complement the heritage (why does that ugly box thing that the tower sits on even ...

http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ljsr9u.jpg Man, that little Camera House building looks even more piddly now. I mean, it's a decent little piece of Art Deco, but why wasn't it knocked down? Did the owners refuse to sell? Shame, as that thing is probably too tiny to be developed, and will now spend countle...