Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Anything!

Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby AFLflyer » Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:49 pm

http://player.video.news.com.au/adelaidenow/#1578717783
check out the new precint, finally Adelaide is heading somewhere! lets hope this all goes ahead with a minimum of fuss!! lloks good i say
User avatar
AFLflyer
League - Best 21
 
 
Posts: 1652
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 3 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby White Line Fever » Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:59 pm

I tell ya what Flyer I really hopes this happens.

My mates are leaving in droves and once they taste the Melbourne and Sydneys they never want to come back.

We just need some atmosphere and somethng to do.
User avatar
White Line Fever
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 2896
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:52 pm
Has liked: 26 times
Been liked: 16 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby AFLflyer » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:13 pm

White Line Fever wrote:I tell ya what Flyer I really hopes this happens.

My mates are leaving in droves and once they taste the Melbourne and Sydneys they never want to come back.

We just need some atmosphere and somethng to do.


exactly right mate - 100% agree.. and people say more people wont go to the footy! attendences will increase! we need to make Adelaide a good place to visit. and a good place to enjoy ourselves
User avatar
AFLflyer
League - Best 21
 
 
Posts: 1652
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 3 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Q. » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:24 pm

Just have to make sure all those unsightly homeless people are swept into darker pockets of the city...
User avatar
Q.
Coach
 
 
Posts: 22019
Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:16 pm
Location: El Dorado
Has liked: 970 times
Been liked: 2397 times
Grassroots Team: Houghton Districts

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby gadj1976 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:27 pm

White Line Fever wrote:I tell ya what Flyer I really hopes this happens.

My mates are leaving in droves and once they taste the Melbourne and Sydneys they never want to come back.

We just need some atmosphere and somethng to do.


And don't encourage them to come back WLF. I came back and to quote a recruitment agent (no longer in Adelaide), I committed "career suicide" by coming back to Adelaide.

AFLflyer, the precinct looks good. I'm sure some do gooders will veto the idea, or at least block it or part of it making it a white elephant. (See LeCornu's site, Victoria Park etc, etc, etc).
User avatar
gadj1976
Coach
 
 
Posts: 9357
Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:57 pm
Location: Sleeping on a park bench outside Princes Park
Has liked: 829 times
Been liked: 907 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby zipzap » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:17 pm

The Festival Centre plaza is one thing they need to get right - what a waste of space and potential that's been over the years. Screaming out for some vision! Hope this one works....but won't hold my breath.

Took my class to Parliament House the other day. We were given an insight into Adelaide's unfortunate history of half-baked, over-time and underdone development with a talk about the original Parliament House designs which if you aren't aware, were considerably more grand being double the size with an iconic White House style dome on top. The building began and after running out of money and much squabbling (sound familiar?) it was eventually finished - 50 years later. Half its intended size, no dome, a compromise on-the-cheap version that screams Southern Expressway. Y'know, you want to be positive but what is it with us? It's actually enshrined in our culture.
"A no vote from any club means there is some sort of risk involved in our entry into the competition not working," Steven Trigg.
User avatar
zipzap
Assistant Coach
 
 
Posts: 4085
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:22 pm
Location: Bluebird Bakery
Has liked: 248 times
Been liked: 39 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby JAS » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:31 pm

Looks very impressive but then concept pictures always do. Like the way it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in it's surroundings the way most things here do so hope you get it. If nothing else it'll be good for your jobs market and create employment.

Good to see you all drive sensibly and slowly over there :lol: Btw what the heck is a Planery hall? :?

Regards
JAS
You can't be a pirate if you don't have a beard. I said so. MY boat, MY rules.

We haven't got a plank. Just ******* jump


Trust no one The truth is everyone is going to let you down you eventually
User avatar
JAS
Coach
 
 
Posts: 12431
Joined: Wed May 23, 2007 8:22 pm
Location: Scotland
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 0 time

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Brucetiki » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:04 pm

I hope this all goes ahead. This would really invigorate the City (and I hope the government passes legislation that keeps the Adelaide City Council well away from the project).
They don't keep me here because I'm gorgeous and 5'10
Brucetiki
Assistant Coach
 
 
Posts: 4629
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:23 pm
Has liked: 258 times
Been liked: 40 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby the big bang » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:16 pm

AFLflyer wrote:
White Line Fever wrote:I tell ya what Flyer I really hopes this happens.

My mates are leaving in droves and once they taste the Melbourne and Sydneys they never want to come back.

We just need some atmosphere and somethng to do.


exactly right mate - 100% agree.. and people say more people wont go to the footy! attendences will increase! we need to make Adelaide a good place to visit. and a good place to enjoy ourselves



going to the footy on a friday or saturday night would become the norm for me and my mates anytime we head into the city for a night on the cans. at the moment, i only really go when collingwood are playing, or if there is a team i would like to watch such as Geelong and if i have nothing better to do with my time.

footy in the city, i could see my personal attendance rate go from 2 or 3 games max a year, to 7-10 games.
wuuuzzzzz
User avatar
the big bang
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 3194
Joined: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:48 pm
Has liked: 16 times
Been liked: 9 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Rik E Boy » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:15 am

gadj1976 wrote:And don't encourage them to come back WLF. I came back and to quote a recruitment agent (no longer in Adelaide), I committed "career suicide" by coming back to Adelaide.



This is a good comment. I love Adelaide and get pissed off whenever people bag it as I don't feel the need to bag other Australian cities. However, I am earning over twice what I was in my home town and if I remained I'd be still on the rent cycle and getting nowhere. Even though I miss the place I just can't afford to live there.

regards,

REB
User avatar
Rik E Boy
Coach
 
 
Posts: 28602
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:55 pm
Location: The Switch
Has liked: 1773 times
Been liked: 1887 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby AFLflyer » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:28 am

zipzap wrote:The Festival Centre plaza is one thing they need to get right - what a waste of space and potential that's been over the years. Screaming out for some vision! Hope this one works....but won't hold my breath.

Took my class to Parliament House the other day. We were given an insight into Adelaide's unfortunate history of half-baked, over-time and underdone development with a talk about the original Parliament House designs which if you aren't aware, were considerably more grand being double the size with an iconic White House style dome on top. The building began and after running out of money and much squabbling (sound familiar?) it was eventually finished - 50 years later. Half its intended size, no dome, a compromise on-the-cheap version that screams Southern Expressway. Y'know, you want to be positive but what is it with us? It's actually enshrined in our culture.


Good post - our culture has to change!!
User avatar
AFLflyer
League - Best 21
 
 
Posts: 1652
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 3 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby AFLflyer » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:31 am

the big bang wrote:
AFLflyer wrote:
White Line Fever wrote:I tell ya what Flyer I really hopes this happens.

My mates are leaving in droves and once they taste the Melbourne and Sydneys they never want to come back.

We just need some atmosphere and somethng to do.


exactly right mate - 100% agree.. and people say more people wont go to the footy! attendences will increase! we need to make Adelaide a good place to visit. and a good place to enjoy ourselves



going to the footy on a friday or saturday night would become the norm for me and my mates anytime we head into the city for a night on the cans. at the moment, i only really go when collingwood are playing, or if there is a team i would like to watch such as Geelong and if i have nothing better to do with my time.

footy in the city, i could see my personal attendance rate go from 2 or 3 games max a year, to 7-10 games.


yep - the young will be flocking there! New casino would be good too.
people signing petitions to stay at AAMI. what a joke.
User avatar
AFLflyer
League - Best 21
 
 
Posts: 1652
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 3 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby AFLflyer » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:32 am

Rik E Boy wrote:
gadj1976 wrote:And don't encourage them to come back WLF. I came back and to quote a recruitment agent (no longer in Adelaide), I committed "career suicide" by coming back to Adelaide.



This is a good comment. I love Adelaide and get pissed off whenever people bag it as I don't feel the need to bag other Australian cities. However, I am earning over twice what I was in my home town and if I remained I'd be still on the rent cycle and getting nowhere. Even though I miss the place I just can't afford to live there.

regards,

REB


which city do you live REB?
User avatar
AFLflyer
League - Best 21
 
 
Posts: 1652
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 3 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Wedgie » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:04 am

Surely we would have the most architects and least amount of builders per capita in the world?
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
User avatar
Wedgie
Site Admin
 
 
Posts: 51721
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:00 am
Has liked: 2153 times
Been liked: 4093 times
Grassroots Team: Noarlunga

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Psyber » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:29 pm

Looks pretty in the video.
Now if I could just see the actual layout plans, and the traffic flow predictions, I may be able to form an opinion.
EPIGENETICS - Lamarck was right!
User avatar
Psyber
Coach
 
 
Posts: 12247
Joined: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:43 pm
Location: Now back in the Adelaide Hills.
Has liked: 104 times
Been liked: 405 times
Grassroots Team: Hahndorf

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Rik E Boy » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:01 pm

AFLflyer wrote:
Rik E Boy wrote:
gadj1976 wrote:And don't encourage them to come back WLF. I came back and to quote a recruitment agent (no longer in Adelaide), I committed "career suicide" by coming back to Adelaide.



This is a good comment. I love Adelaide and get pissed off whenever people bag it as I don't feel the need to bag other Australian cities. However, I am earning over twice what I was in my home town and if I remained I'd be still on the rent cycle and getting nowhere. Even though I miss the place I just can't afford to live there.

regards,

REB


which city do you live REB?


I live in Ipswich the answer to your question is probably Brisbane.

regards,

REB
User avatar
Rik E Boy
Coach
 
 
Posts: 28602
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:55 pm
Location: The Switch
Has liked: 1773 times
Been liked: 1887 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Dog_ger » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:03 pm

What's the costing.

Another election coming up.... :roll:

What about spending serious $$$ on our health system Mr. Rann. :oops:

Start with Aged Care... ;)
Smile :)

It's only Money $$$ :)

What is happening to our SANFL guys...
User avatar
Dog_ger
Coach
 
 
Posts: 6536
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:25 pm
Location: Salisbury Downs
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 19 times

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby whufc » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:48 pm

once again adelaide the city of artists impressions.

there is more chance of adelaide being re named tasmania than this going ahead
RIP PH408 63notoutforever
User avatar
whufc
Coach
 
 
Posts: 28782
Joined: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:56 am
Location: Blakeview
Has liked: 5967 times
Been liked: 2856 times
Grassroots Team: BSR

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby Psyber » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:41 am

Dog_ger wrote:What's the costing.
Another election coming up.... :roll:
What about spending serious $$$ on our health system Mr. Rann. :oops:
Start with Aged Care... ;)
My latest news from my ALP contacts is that Mike has decided not to retire to his villa in Italy, but intends to stay on and contest the next SA election.
They are not entirely thrilled..
EPIGENETICS - Lamarck was right!
User avatar
Psyber
Coach
 
 
Posts: 12247
Joined: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:43 pm
Location: Now back in the Adelaide Hills.
Has liked: 104 times
Been liked: 405 times
Grassroots Team: Hahndorf

Re: Adelaide finally heads in the right direction!

Postby fisho mcspaz » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:38 pm

Psyber wrote:
Dog_ger wrote:What's the costing.
Another election coming up.... :roll:
What about spending serious $$$ on our health system Mr. Rann. :oops:
Start with Aged Care... ;)
My latest news from my ALP contacts is that Mike has decided not to retire to his villa in Italy, but intends to stay on and contest the next SA election.
They are not entirely thrilled..


Neither am I. :x He's about as innovative as tapioca pudding. How about he concentrates less on his tramlines and bikie vendettas, and more on providing adequate mental health services and putting a gag on the Adelaide Council so we can actually have an iconic building in the city?
Hey Goose, ya big stud! Take me to bed or lose me for ever.
User avatar
fisho mcspaz
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 3042
Joined: Mon May 05, 2008 5:33 pm
Location: Happy Valley
Has liked: 84 times
Been liked: 111 times
Grassroots Team: Mitchell Park

Next

Board index   General Talk  General Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests

Around the place

Competitions   SANFL Official Site | Country Footy SA | Southern Football League | VFL Footy
Club Forums   Snouts Louts | The Roost | Redlegs Forum |