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In my original post I was really only talking about the CBD as being a shithole.

I'm with the side that says CBD will not live until people can walk freely and get home with ease and without driving. I'm sure the world looks fine from a car window

I…

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:07:25 +1300 Alec Morgan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7501#post7501 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7501#post7501 Auckland perhaps is bigger than all of us...a grubby futurist grittscape arrived inconveniently early. There are islands of quiet but Graham Reid accurately tags worst offender the CBD.
(younger readers may prefer to go to the next post). Queen Street peaked in the 70s in my recall as an active…

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:54:42 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7496#post7496 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7496#post7496 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:10:17 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7421#post7421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7421#post7421 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:48:05 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7388#post7388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7388#post7388 Graham Reid wrote:

And sorry, I don't get the Carlaw option. The Stanley St motorway entrances are a racetrack and bloody complicated. There are few ways into that entrance to Carlaw (down Parnell Rd!!?? You gotta be kidding!) Access and egress look impossible there. How do you get to Carlaw…

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:35:52 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7379#post7379 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7379#post7379

all commercial deliveries other than couriers to be done before 9am and after 6pm

sorry man, that's impossible.

when i worked delivering pheonix drinks to downtown the only time of day you could deliver was between 9-11 and 2-4. any other time and the retailers were either closed or too…

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:47:35 +1300 Graham Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7376#post7376 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7376#post7376 reece asks where i live.
I am in the large apartments which have just been completed so look brand new (and i'm pleased to note sellers are pricing accordingly)
Thankfully we are not in the ones opposite morningside station which have laughably bad "eaves" put over some of the windows.…

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:34:44 +1300 Zippy Gonzales https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7365#post7365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7365#post7365 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:09:51 +1300 reece palmer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7358#post7358 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7358#post7358 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:41 +1300 reece palmer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7357#post7357 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7357#post7357 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:02 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7355#post7355 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7355#post7355

The Domain was my recent discovery as well. At the risk of repeating myself, protect every little inch. Screw those Carlaw park advocates who want to take – just a little bit – for parking. Philistines.

To be fair, they'd be taking a little bit of the domain that no…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:20:53 +1300 reece palmer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7354#post7354 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7354#post7354 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:19:12 +1300 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7352#post7352 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7352#post7352

why it is that here in enzud we always go for the cheapest shittiest nearsighted option?

See my post above.

Also, it's the flip-side of the "number 8 fencing wire" mentality. Being handy with number 8 fencing wire is very helpful in an environment where money and materials are not…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:11:56 +1300 reece palmer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7350#post7350 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7350#post7350 The main drag is becoming increasingly ugly.

The main drag is, mainly a drag.
Are you in that block of units adjacent to the railway tracks Graham? The one that has been under repair since about 18 months ago? I really hope for your sake not, they look pretty shoddy…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:06:12 +1300 Marcus Neiman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7338#post7338 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7338#post7338 Rich: You perhaps forgot to mention abolishing the NZ Herald, or at least breaking its local monopoly...

While I agree that FPP needs to go, I think you will find that there are (relatively modest) campaign limits for local government elections.

The problem is that due to the lack of…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:26:00 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7336#post7336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7336#post7336 dgFieldsWhere do we start!

The system of local government is fundamentally broken:
– the success of outer Auckland is intrinsically bound up with the inner city, yet we have a regional body with limited powers (and which covers places that are not and should not be part of Auckland), combined…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:05:58 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7332#post7332 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7332#post7332 true. there are very, very few things that would make me take to the streets in protest.

impinging on the domain is one of them.

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:29:18 +1300 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7328#post7328 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7328#post7328 Auckland certainly needs a bit of a kicking. The motorway might be ok for Che but it is flaming nightmare to negotiate a route from the airport to the North. On a par with the worst set of intersections in the world, and I have seen a few.

On a…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:09:40 +1300 Marcus Neiman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7326#post7326 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7326#post7326 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:03:02 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7323#post7323 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7323#post7323

the "Bring Back Queen" upgrade...what a joke!

What puzzles me about this the most is that amongst the new blue stone pavers, there appear to have been areas left (or repaved) in the old pink ones. I wonder why.

I'm not convinced that new street paving will liven up Queen…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:16:01 +1300 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7322#post7322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7322#post7322 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:12:54 +1300 J Wilkinson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7320#post7320 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7320#post7320 Couldn't agree more.

Living in Grafton, I walk everywhere I need to go (with the exception of meetings in the burbs and the weekly grocery shop)...I LOVE Auckland. I especially love my eccentric little neighbourhood.

But the CBD appears to be on a downhill slide.

Recent examples:

– the intended…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:45:51 +1300 Richard Llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7319#post7319 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7319#post7319 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:39:19 +1300 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7318#post7318 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7318#post7318 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:39:14 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7315#post7315 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7315#post7315 i've lived in both cities and would choose wellington any day of the week.

i mean, i really, really tried to love auckland, but it was just too hard to live in. i went to many if not all the places graham mentions, and discovered many of my own (anyone…

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:20:41 +1300 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7311#post7311 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7311#post7311 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:05:15 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7310#post7310 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-my-city-in-ruins/?p=7310#post7310 Discussion from blog post.

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