Eye of the Fish » inhabited bridges http://eyeofthefish.org A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:14:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fishing the Basin http://eyeofthefish.org/fishing-the-basin/ http://eyeofthefish.org/fishing-the-basin/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:54:32 +0000 Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=926 The Wellington Civic Trust is holding a Seminar this coming weekend on “Round About the Basin“, with a grand line-up of speakers and presentations so that everyone can have their say. The question still remains: “is anyone in power actually going to be listening?” – to which almost certainly the answer will be “lip service only.” It’s great that the Civic Trust takes it on itself to do these kind of things, although really it should be the job of the Council to talk to the people and gauge their views, and just occasionally take on their recommendations. The problem…

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…no, not ants, but with something:

As it happens I am a cricket tragic and – to the extent that being an Auckland supporter will allow – a Basin lover. I have often slumped on the grassy bank and plotted how much better the ground could be while still remaining the Basin. Most of those plots involve the northern end of the ground where a…

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