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build it and they will come
is actually not a too bad a way to conduct ventures. Why else would Gordon Ramsay sink $3 pound into his New York venture if he didn't want people to come.
Why have they built fantastic resaurants and a freaking ice climbing wall thousands of kilometers from the biggest population. Why do the ski fields continually add more services.
its simple build it and they will come, is a great way to envision progress. Of course we need to consider fesability studies etc, but we still need pie in the sky.
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whops Proposed, but you get the idea.
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Tom,
as this is a canvas that is still being added to, the latest comments and suggestions from Warren and Mahoney do address your concerns of
make sure the edges aren't blank
Sticking a beach at one end for I Prick to impress the chicks is a great idea, along with the proosed restaurants inside the concourse looking out over the waterfront.
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hudsie,
don't be so dispondent. The ABs were always going to come up against a better french side (but in the end that was debateable).
McDonald is a good fullback, one can have an off day, we excuse these of Dan Carter and Richie. His game came back thorugh out the match and his line break was decisive in creating a try, plus what a tackle to knock the ball from the french dude. My concerns are still with 2nd five. Major is a better defender no doubt, and has a kicking game (which all 2nd fives should have), but he is getting older and slower.
My admiration goes to the Irish at the moment.
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now way off task,
dry ribs at cactus club vancouver
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I'd love nothing more than to see this whole debate now encompase the role of public transport in the wider urban context.
I mean if they are able to rip up a whole multi lane motorway in Seol and return it to beyound it's former glory in favour of a pedestrian precint. If Vancouver can build rather funky sky trains and have an integrated public transport system, of which a lot of the debate has been centred around, perhaps this is time for Auckland to face the reality of it's mess.
Vancouver is an even better example to hold up in that the city had massive population growth in the same time period of Auckland, but had some visionary leaders who foresaw some of the bigger issues, like inner city apartments being an integral part of the urban landscape, and the role of public transport.
Mind you Auckland isn't without blame. In CHCH at the Uni in the 1980s one had to get to varsity by 8:30am for one of the thousands of bike stands. Now the bike stands are empty, trees and grass has been replaced for the car park and the like of Riccarton Road are a literal nighmare.
Would it be tacky for me to mention the 5min rush hour here in Dunedin.
Whops a little off track, but these issues all have to be tackled. Where is aucklands skytrain linking the city to the airport and major shopping centres. Just look what happened when the opened the new (?) shopping centre chaos.
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While we are on the topic.
What is up with Vodafone. Why are they leaving it up to the dodgy car boot sales on parrallel import and trademe to bring in funky phones (assuming they work here in NZ).
They are very keen to release the most mediocre phones and the biggest and best, but the middle ground is really unrepresented.
I've rung Vodafone and all I get is, we are reviewing our product range before xmas. Is that too vague or is that a palm off?
The Sony w300i looks like a great little walkman phone (even more so now I've lost my old ipod shuffle)
But then the w710i would do the job nicely.Choice please Vodafone?
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BTW,
if anyone is even slightly interested, on behalf of the greater vancouver tourist board and Don Brash's exiting NZ masses...
http://www.translink.bc.ca/Transportation_Services/SkyTrain/
(take your bike on it too!!!)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)
What have Auckland planners been doing for the last 3 decades?
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dc_red, argh noooooooo!!!
I'm off to Vancouver for another 6 months next year, oh the humnaity $2.25.Busses in Vancouver were so bloody good that when it came time to pack up and head for the sunny hills of Dunedin, we just took all our crap and jumped on the bus.
I was refering to the new Whitecaps soccer stadium. Should be a real asset to the town. I've been to GM Place twice for the Hockey and The Eagles (thank god they didn't come on stage in zimmer frames or I was outta there). Both times all I need to do was catch the bus from Kitsonlano, one transfer and da da.
If Mallard can go to Vancouver to see the whitecaps proposal first hand, why couldn't some Auckland councillors and transit personel jump on board the same plane have a big chin wag.
The coolest public transport in Vancouver is without a doubt the little putt putt ferries http://www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca/home.html . Even better you can book one for an hour and a half, take a picnic and some wine and watch the sun set.
A Vancouver what a stunning city!!!
Interseting to note that people are now putting the debt ridden Aussie Stadium as a point of caution. Shame that Sydney has several cometing major stadiums with very limited all round use as an example.
While we are mentioning Vancouver, a good example would be BC place where they play Canadian Football (cooler version of gridiron). tha stadium is used over 250 days of the year, run by the council too (shock horror).
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Sometimes, scrap that most of the times politicians just love the sound of their own voice, that inextricable need to be in the piublic view.
What was it Bono said about sanity and standing up in front of 70,000 people demanding their love. Politicians all too often suffer from this affliction.
The only thing unclassy out of the whole affair (apart from McCully demeaning it) was the royals getting their kip during the ceremonies. If the sad old farts had stayed awake to notice a few lyrics, if they had taken them in, if they understood the whole Clark Dobbyn republican context, if if if. McCully what a tosser.
As for the stadium, I'm not letting up on this, I even pulled family ranks and got Deaker to read my email over the radio, he's staunch against it, but I thought bugger it. To his credit he did. But the best thing he did was get a councillor on from Vancouver where they are going through a similar process. Deaks thought he's be supporting the eden park upgrade, but from what I took from it was not quite the opposite, but he thought it was courageous and a great move. Biggest thing from the interview though was they are only allocating 150 car parks for 33,000 seat stadium, as the pedestrian car only makes up 20% of the donwtown traffic!!! Imagine Vancouver slightly larger than Auckland with similar urban spraw and only 150 car parks (not for the [public), that is how well the Canucks have taken to public transport there (and the other parking options). Having lived in Vancouver twice I can fully understand this, their busses are no more than 5-8 mins apart, $1.50 will get you anywhere for and hour and a half, including the skytrain, walking and biking is still a fun way to get around, and this with a climate similar to auckland's too. Sad indictment on Auckland really.
Lastly, could someone take a photo of the pristine view that Tessa is talking about. I know Auckalnd relatively well, but I can't rememeber a unobstructed view through the high rises down past the containers, the wharfes and ships to the water, those clean glistening water where one just can't wait to swim in?