That awning is really looking nice, excited to see what the pedestrian plaza experience is like once all the construction structures are removed
Some photos while running to make by bus connection⊠2nd digital display spotted. Looking very hot tonight.
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Please list how you would change Brisbane CBD to be more like the others ?
Sydney will always have the natural beauty and the bridge. As for Melbourne, the most overrated city in Australia IMO. Nice, but not worth the hype and a boring CBD.
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I wouldnât change the CBD other than to make the pedestrian experience down to the Botanic Gardens a bit nicer. I think what theyâre doing on Albert Street will help a lot with that.
As someone mentioned, the nice parts of central Brisbane to visit are across the river, and the nightlife is focused on The Valley.
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I think the Brisbane Inner City does have more precincts that have tourism potential than just South Bank, but they are all spread out with gaps between them. For example, walking between the CBD and Fortitude Valley along Ann & Wickham Streets isnât exactly pleasant once you go past the Hotel Orient. Likewise, while the riverwalk past the old Eagle Street Pier site has been reopened, it is a bit of a dead zone basically between the Kangaroo Point Bridge and Riverside Centre (leading up to Howard Smith Wharves).
We also have a number of precincts that simply arenât running to their full potential, although things are starting to improve. The Queen Street Mall, for example, has well noted gaps along its length. However, we have the Griffith Uni makeover of the Treasury, the Courier Mailâs report this morning that Charter Hall are about to pull the trigger on their 60 Queen Street redevelopment, the owners of the Wintergarden yesterday lodging a DA for the first stage of their Wintergarden redevelopment, and Vicinityâs upcoming redevelopment of Uptown.
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Agreeeee, I love that Brisbaneâs inner city precincts all have a unique feel and look. Paddington is different to West End, which is different to FV and Newstead. I do think that theyâre painful to move between, especially when youâre not familiar with our PT system or if its its hot. So I imagine many tourists donât bother. I have no data, but I reckon most tourists would opt for train travel over bus, as train maps are just easier to understand. If you go to the Valley, you donât get the best first impression as you exit the train station.
Weâre bad at selling the best parts of Brissie
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I would actually rather not have to push through shoppers to get to my train.
The old Myer centre just needs to be deleted in my opinion
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Maybe food outlets are a better choice of station-side amenities; passengers could go in for a snack or drink when waiting for their next train.
Fortitude Valley is the prime example of station-side food outlets. Right before you access the faregates, you are greeted by a variety of fast food outlets (even though it is part of a bigger shopping centre).
Central and South Bank stations are the only other stations that come to mind when it comes to station-side eateries. The only food options Central has is a McDonalds and a small cafe (that I havenât seen open) in its main concourse. There are a few outlets next to South Bank station, but they are all by Platform 1âs entrance from Grey St; passengers using Platforms 2 and 3 would have to make quite a detour to get to those food places.
Edit: Queen St bus station is the only bus station with other food places adjacent as well; being attached to the Myer Centre. So if the Myer Centre would be closed, then there will be no bus station with food outlets attached.
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Toowong also is a similar setup with the center outside the fare gates. Ditto to Wynnum Central (kind of)
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Paddingtonâs main drag could do with a lot more zebra crossings. (Thereâs a lack of them overall in Brisbane, for that matter.)
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Are you talking the Gravy Train as part of a station side food place at Wynnum Central? Bit of a niche outlet compared to others on the network, but Iâd be (pleasantly) surprised to see a decent stream of passengers giving support to a humble, local cafĂ©.
Well it is a food outlet nearby (I donât depart there enough to know) and thereâs also the Woolies thatâs somewhat close I guess
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Brisbane might want to start learning to operate shops 24hrs.
Not just McKFJacks, 7-11 and the casino.
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Sandgate station does have food places close by but they all require the person to leave the station premise to get to them. Iâm not too sure which other stations would be similar to this.
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Ferny Grove station will also hopefully be similar when the TOD finally opens later in the year.
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Thereâs a few other places. The Pancake Manor, H Cafe at Hamilton, Bombay Dhaba at Mount Gravatt. Thereâs also a few 24 hour GYGs and Subways around.
Very unlikely to ever see the Myer Centre demolished, due to the presence of the QSBS beneath it.
The Wintergarden, on the other hand, is going to be largely demolished and redeveloped, as confirmed in a Development Application lodged this week.
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Would you know if there are plans for the McWhirterâs building?
Iâve lived in Brisbane 15 years and itâs unfortunately never been relevant!
Then you could count any food place within a stationâs catchment as a station-side food outlets. Like Sangate station having multiple food places (McDonalds, Post Office Hotel, Traditional India, etc) around the train station, there are a tonne of food places where rail passengers can have something to eat around some CRR stations.
Albert St station has got tonnes of food amenities around its catchment area, and Woolloongabba station isnât a long walk away from Logan Rd, where all the pubs, bars, and restaurants are located in the station catchment.
Other CRR stations though (Exhibition, Roma St, Boggo Rd) arenât really as lucky when it comes to station-side food amenities; neither so they have anything spectacular for passengers to hop by to kill the time, waiting for their next train.