…and so the process starts again. Athfield Architects, and Willis Bond, have put in another proposal for the Site 10 site at Kumutoto, presently the site for around 40 slumbering campervans, bang slap in the middle of the waterfront. It’s not the best use of the site, although understandably quite popular for visiting tourists to have waterfront accommodation without the humungous waterfront hotel bill. WWL have…
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Hysteria grips the nation. Foolish words are said by foolish people, about mediocre fontography. But what do others have as a logo? How do we compare? What does Auckland have? Oooo, that’s boring. Official though. Their PR campaign is separate: What about over the ditch, in the West Island? That’s, ummmm, boring, and simple at the same time. But I guess it is recognisable. What about…
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Things more important to be concerned about, than a logo: • Sorting out the Public Transport route and getting on with it. • Deciding whether we are going to have buses or light rail. • Implementing a complete separated cycle network throughout the city. • Providing a workable answer to paying for strengthening EQP buildings. • Lengthening the runway, or not. And then doing it anyway. …
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It appears that I will have to eat my words, or eat my hat. A couple of years ago, when Transmission Gully was being talked about, I remember somewhere quite confidently stating that Transmission Gully would never go ahead, because it would never make economic sense for it to do so. Seems that I am wrong – and right at the same time. It still makes…
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