Comments on: Stadiums and other city buildings http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings Hourann’s illogical blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: azza-bazoo http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings/comment-page-1#comment-12480 azza-bazoo Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:09:54 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings#comment-12480 Hehe, fair enough ... though I find it hard to believe that you E&Y folks need all 1500 bays! A small percentage of commuters is fine, but (from what I've seen) that carpark seems to be overrun each day by people headed for the Terrace. The City of Perth basically ignored the needs of the Convention Centre when they plastered up big ads saying "cheap all-day parking!" ... Hehe, fair enough … though I find it hard to believe that you E&Y folks need all 1500 bays!

A small percentage of commuters is fine, but (from what I’ve seen) that carpark seems to be overrun each day by people headed for the Terrace. The City of Perth basically ignored the needs of the Convention Centre when they plastered up big ads saying “cheap all-day parking!” …

]]> By: Dash http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings/comment-page-1#comment-12479 Dash Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:24:34 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings#comment-12479 Man.. the convention centre car park is meant to be for commuters too.. They did build an office block on the site remember... Auditors need to have their cars close by.. But Raine square looks cool.. Man.. the convention centre car park is meant to be for commuters too.. They did build an office block on the site remember…

Auditors need to have their cars close by..
But Raine square looks cool..

]]> By: The Pencil Guy » Archive » Northbridge, transmogrified! http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings/comment-page-1#comment-8890 The Pencil Guy » Archive » Northbridge, transmogrified! Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:24:02 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings#comment-8890 [...] Interestingly, the disgusting carpark from the Perth Arena proposal has been replaced with a much nicer block structure with apartment buildings on top of it … but I wonder if that’ll actually go ahead? and if it will assuage the City of Perth’s worries about a lack of parking for the arena? Even more importantly, will the development create more pressure to turn that carpark into a Convention Centre-style carpark for commuters, rather than users of the facility it belongs to? And speaking of Perth Arena, that site seems to be crying out for a train station of some form, even if it’s events-only … [...] [...] Interestingly, the disgusting carpark from the Perth Arena proposal has been replaced with a much nicer block structure with apartment buildings on top of it … but I wonder if that’ll actually go ahead? and if it will assuage the City of Perth’s worries about a lack of parking for the arena? Even more importantly, will the development create more pressure to turn that carpark into a Convention Centre-style carpark for commuters, rather than users of the facility it belongs to? And speaking of Perth Arena, that site seems to be crying out for a train station of some form, even if it’s events-only … [...]

]]> By: The Pencil Guy » Archive » A politics and health potpourri http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings/comment-page-1#comment-6718 The Pencil Guy » Archive » A politics and health potpourri Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:19:29 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings#comment-6718 [...] First up: the proposed new building for 140 William Street (above the new train station) is awesome. Not as pretty as the Raine Square development across the road (which is definitely going ahead, by the way), but very functional and very bold in its design — and we need more buildings in Perth with architecture that triggers strong reactions (as long as they’re not all bad …). [...] [...] First up: the proposed new building for 140 William Street (above the new train station) is awesome. Not as pretty as the Raine Square development across the road (which is definitely going ahead, by the way), but very functional and very bold in its design — and we need more buildings in Perth with architecture that triggers strong reactions (as long as they’re not all bad …). [...]

]]> By: antzpantz http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings/comment-page-1#comment-2820 antzpantz Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:49:34 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2006/08/31/stadiums-and-other-city-buildings#comment-2820 Finally! Raine Square! Damn that place makes me sad everytime I walk through it. It's such a waste. Finally! Raine Square! Damn that place makes me sad everytime I walk through it. It’s such a waste.

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