Posts by Hebe
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Further to my previous post: Putting the convention centre opening out on to the Square makes me feel colonised, again. Why should 26 conventions a year of the likes of orthodontists be given a pre-eminent position in my city. Sure conventions add to the local economy, but they are not the huge money-earners for locals: low-wage jobs, restaurants, big-budget hotels are the downstream jobs and businesses created.
The city's heart should be home to more than a cash register. If the performing arts centre were opening on to the Square, then combine it with a renewed Cathedral and a short hop down to the Art Gallery and eventually a working Arts Centre, and there would be reason for locals and tourists and convention-goers to use the area.
My other quibble is the concentration of emergency services. Why, when they will be parked on a fault line? Where are the back-ups planned -- or are any back-ups planned? The earthquakes have shown the value of decentralising essential infrastructure. Now we know we live in an active seismic zone, let's hope the planners remember it too.
Otherwise, I like the potential the plan shows, and it looks like some of the grid streets will be reworked. The green strip along Manchester St is an inspired solution to the post-earthquake wasteland. I'm crossing my fingers that the next election carrot is extending the Avon green ribbon out to the estuary.
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Alrighty, I will reopen the thread: I like the general ideas in the central city plan announced tonight, compacting the CBD and framing it in green are good. The exception is the convention centre placing. Swapping the convention centre and performing arts centres' sites would be better. What do the rest of you think?
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Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to JacksonP,
I understand. Only having had a couple of years working parttime in a hospital theatre while at university kept me my feet this time. I believe hospital birthing units keep "father kits" on standby for otherwise uneventful labours.
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Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to Lilith __,
I’m wondering how I pressed the shutter button so many times
Those clicks are so addictive...just one more.
Boy was lucky: hit his thumb with an axe while chopping wood. Miraculously still has the thumb, and no bones broken. Painful and spectacularly gory, but he's more concerned about not being able to play bagpipes for a couple of weeks. I, having been the grown up when I really wanted to throw up, am recovering. -
Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to Jonathan Ganley,
Purdy. I could float in there.
Love Jackson's and Nora's projections. I need a city arty visit somewhere soon. Rubble is losing its fascination; I want beauty.
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Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to Lilith __,
So, yesterday I went to see the Michael Parekowhai bulls. Today’s the last chance to see them here in Chch,
Please do put up those photos Lilith. I have driven past almost every day, wanting to stop and touch the bulls and not making the time to do so. Yesterday or today was to have been the day; instead most of yesterday at the emergency doctor's with my young man.
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Lilith __,
Plant your root veges in the mounds so they get warmth from the sun, and your cats in the furrows for extra cosiness. Companion planting!
Just remember not to earth up the cats!
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Chris Waugh,
The wind sweeps over top of the cat so it is warmer - and tidier - to sit in the furrow rather than on the peak. My cats think elegant sitting and sleeping should be Olympic sports.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Lilith __,
Well it will not be silent; just saying that it may not be too bad. I wonder where the viewing area will be -- Latimer Square?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
There would have to be some vibration of ground as the material imploding will be hitting the ground
It's billed an an implosion, not an explosion. The charges could be placed so the building falls in on itself and crushes the lower floor or two. Possibly dust and thumping would be minimised. I don’t know much; where’s an engineer when you need one?