Training Ground?

[Neil Crompton 5,618]

28 minutes ago, —coach— said:

Of interest to the topic possibly:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nation-building-25b-plan-for-chain-of-towers-linking-cbd-with-mcg-20211109-p5978v.html
 

 

How obscene (and utterly ugly) is this proposal. There is no respect for the urban design of the city nor the historic MCG precinct that it links to. Its a really big no from me. 

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

“This isn’t about putting a few apartment blocks up,” [McGuire] said.

Quite right. It's about putting a [censored]-ton of apartment blocks up.

“If you do this in a sensitive way, it turns it into the most unbelievable passive recreation and green lung for Melbourne.”

Correct. I don't believe it. The only green I'm seeing is the stuff that's already there. Is Mr Nowhere a consultant for this thing?

[george_on_the_outer 7,696]

Notice the two big sun-shades that are proposed, so that we can train in the shadow at the height of summer!

 

 

[dpositive 1,682]

Yes coz we need these unsightly developments overshadowing our low rise parks and gardens, coz we have so little space anywhere else around Melbourne.

Please make sure there is low rise and open space around the Fishermans Bend sight. We could be part is such a project and create a total sports, entertainment facility there

[deelusions from afar 1,861]

57 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Notice the two big sun-shades that are proposed, so that we can train in the shadow at the height of summer!

 

 

But with change in the path of the sun in Winter v Summer it actually means the towers will block the sun from our training ground in Winter but have minial impact for summer. 

All for building over the railway to connect Fed square to the MCG precinct but not if it involves these high rise buildings!

[Crystal Dees 372]

1 hour ago, Neil Crompton said:

How obscene (and utterly ugly) is this proposal. There is no respect for the urban design of the city nor the historic MCG precinct that it links to. Its a really big no from me. 

Worst idea......EVER!    Melbourne's answer to the Berlin Wall.

Mr McGuire, tear down this wall!

[Kent 2,914]

Is Eddie Spruiking this proposal?

[whatwhat say what 22,935]

i'm high on the hill
looking over the bridge
to the.... large swathe of apartment blocks

doesn't have quite the same ring to it...

[Sir Why You Little 37,125]

2 hours ago, —coach— said:

Of interest to the topic possibly:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nation-building-25b-plan-for-chain-of-towers-linking-cbd-with-mcg-20211109-p5978v.html
 

 

This would kill the whole area. No sunlight, cold wind tunnels, and it looks hideous. It effectively Blocks the MCG out of view. 
I certainly hope this gets thrown in the bin very Quickly 

[Cards13 9,117]

28 minutes ago, Kent said:

Is Eddie Spruiking this proposal?

Hhhmmm I wonder which of the companies backing it he has shares in..

[Lucifers Hero 40,358]

13 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Hhhmmm I wonder which of the companies backing it he has shares in..

Looks like an Evergrande site!  You know the ones in China that they have deliberately imploded and destroyed - never finished, never inhabited.

The first 30 secs of this tells the story. 

 

Like Evergrande sites the Eddie proposal doesn't deserve to go ahead for pure ugliness!

[Cards13 9,117]

47 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Looks like an Evergrande site!  You know the ones in China that they have deliberately imploded and destroyed - never finished, never inhabited.

The first 30 secs of this tells the story. 

 

Like Evergrande sites the Eddie proposal doesn't deserve to go ahead for pure ugliness!

god that is brutal, I feel for those people.

[deebug 1,754]

No thank you, i hope this gets the flick😔

[BDA 22,875]

6 hours ago, —coach— said:

Of interest to the topic possibly:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nation-building-25b-plan-for-chain-of-towers-linking-cbd-with-mcg-20211109-p5978v.html
 

 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

[sue 9,141]

If only they were joking.

[Macca 17,032]

Well we just won a flag in comprohensive fashion as nomads ... even when we were in Melbourne we swapped between Casey & Gosch's

So a Casey facility which had a $5Million upgrade along with gym facilities and Gosch's with a makeover ($2Million?) might just have to do for now

The admin building? It's not the end of the world if that takes a bit more time than is preferred

Besides which, I'm backing Kate Roffey to get what we need rather than what we necessarily want (there's a song in there somewhere)

Edited November 10, 2021 by Macca

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

I'm high on the hill
Looking over the bridge
To the once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver a significant economic and social benefit, affordable housing and connectivity between Federation Square and Richmond and cultural and sporting hubs
And way up on high
The clock on the silo
Says ... wait a minute .. I can't see the [censored] thing for all the shadows

I remember
I remember
Before this [censored] was built
Before this [censored] was built

[Demonstone 22,815]

The first group that Paul Kelly was in the late 70s was an outfit called The High Rise Bombers.

It might be time to get the band back together again.

[faultydet 7,619]

4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

This would kill the whole area. No sunlight, cold wind tunnels, and it looks hideous. It effectively Blocks the MCG out of view. 
I certainly hope this gets thrown in the bin very Quickly 

That's in the same area that the first proposal came from regarding our training and admin area yeah?

It was said that the Greenies would have a fit if that went ahead and I'm sure they would feel the same about this monstrosity.

Being a closet greenie (that may surprise some), I would hope this project would be rejected also.

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

6 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That looks horrible - the Docklands is already a white elephant of empty apartments/buildings and they want to extend that across the city from Flinders to South Yarra? Yuck

It's a tough competition but I reckon Docklands probably is the better of two evils with Southbank these days. Some absolutely horrific towers there. And don't get me started on what's happened in Box Hill. Or the size of some of the towers in Footscray. Caulfield and Camberwell have pushed the envelope too.

There really should be something like a hard and fast 8 story rule for anywhere but the Hoddle Grid. 

Any development along the rail lines should really be for public use. Technology will make it increasingly likely to be built on at some stage but it should all be things with public benefits. 

A vertical school, a tafe that probably never gets funded and covering the buildings in weeds to carbon offset. No thanks Eddie.

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,274]

3 hours ago, BDA said:

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

And what did they do with the trees?

[BDA 22,875]

17 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

And what did they do with the trees?

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum

[ding 5,126]

1 hour ago, BDA said:

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum

I bet they end up charging a buck-fifty just to see em.....

[Dr. Gonzo 24,289]

On 11/10/2021 at 3:19 PM, faultydet said:

That's in the same area that the first proposal came from regarding our training and admin area yeah?

It was said that the Greenies would have a fit if that went ahead and I'm sure they would feel the same about this monstrosity.

Being a closet greenie (that may surprise some), I would hope this project would be rejected also.

No it's on the other side of the MCG. Our proposal was near Jolimont station this one runs along the train track from Flinders St to Richmond station on the southern stand side of the ground

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

I understand and I am overjoyed that the Melbourne Demons are 2021 AFL Premiers.

However, this matter of a home base for our administration and training is still lingering.

Hopefully, we can have some more news at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in regards to the progress of our home base?

We cannot rest until this matter is finally rectified.