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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Sacha,
“Christchurch just fits in the middle.
“Same with the rugby stadium. Eden Park is 50,000 to 60,000 people, Wellington 34,000. It’s 20,000 or so down in Dunedin. So OK, Christchurch is our second biggest city, let’s make it 35,000.”
Dunedin is 30,000, actually. And disastrously too big and expensive.
The “back of an envelope” feel of these figures gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies.
Has no one heard of a feasibility study?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
That must have hurt.
Yeah. Those thorns. ;-)
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Sacha,
I’m recalling the nasty boring commercial mosntrosities dominating the skyline around the cbd
Yeah the taller ones will mostly be unlamented.
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Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to JacksonP,
Amazing stuff. Will have to return.
Watch out for daleks! They'd be perfectly camouflaged.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
“Heritage? Fetch me ten thousand migrant workers and give them a sledgehammer each!”
Yes, that's exactly it. :-s
I think there may have been more old stuff in the CBD than you remember, Sacha. We certainly cried over a lot of what have been described as "character" buildings after the September quake. Lots of 1880s commercial buildings, not especially distinguished and often not well maintained, but giving the city a certain heritage-laden ambience.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Christ on a cracker. Does she know the origin of that phrase?
And foremost among many other maddening things in that article:
heritage-laden CBD epitomised by Cathedral Square is a thing of the past
I’m sorry, heritage-laden?? That’s one way of describing all the beauty and history Chch people are grieving for.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Sacha,
Isaacs was surprised the use of “green technologies” was so popular, which was “good to know”.
I’m pretty sure this came up prominently in Share An Idea. How many times do we have to say these things?
Also, thinking about the Plan and my feelings almost of panic about it, I do wonder why such an important set of decisions are being taken so swiftly. I know it's important to keep business and investment confidence in the city, but I don't think going off half-cocked will be good for anybody.
I think it would be so much better, as has been said here by others, to accept a range of temporary measures, like more shipping containers and prefabs, in the short to medium term. And give time for careful planning and consultation.
I understand the folk who made the Plan in such a short time are pleased with themselves, but that doesn't make the plan workable or sensible.
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Capture: The Night Time Is The Right Time, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Andy Palace’s lights are one offs. All are created from recycled Metal and glass.
Far out!!
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Sacha,
Essentially, the Crown would be landbanking property that in the long-term would be made a lot more valuable by Christchurch becoming a success. In future years, if the central city started to bulge at the seams, this land could be released back to the market.
Yes, my heart sank when I read that part.
Green space as optional extra, to be whittled away at the govt's convenience.
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Islander, are you OK?