Veteran's Park to be trimmed and overshadowed

People want better priced property, and yet as soon as a development is planned lots of people bitch and moan. I know it’s government/commercial, but even still…

The more Civic is developed, the better.

It isn’t a choice between Veteran’s part and cute laneways – it is Veteran’s Park or another boring office block.

Quite a lot of people would like to get out of the airconditioned office to sit and eat their sandwich at lunchtime – which is tricky in the city centre – most people eat at their desks, or buy lunch at a cafe and sit there.

Weren’t Melbourne’s quaint laneways routes for the dunny men to use? Veterans park is cold and windblown. But there should be some greenspace up at that end of the city as well. Think of the poor birdies. Canberra’s planning authority sux and blows at the same time (from personal experience).

captainwhorebags. Quate. But Melbourne is a somewhat older city and much of the ambiance you mention has come with age and the concept of back lanes in the early developments of cities in this country.

I hope they put some in-slab heating in the paths in Veterans Park. Those paths are slippery with ice in winter with the current shadows, the longer shadows will only increase the area that the ice covers. Maybe a skating rink in the winter?

As far as demolishing the building after only 23 years – well it leaked from day one because of poor construction. Maybe it’s time …..

I’d much rather Melbourne style laneways full of interesting restaurants, bars and coffeeshops instead of the wind tunnel green spaces in the Canberra CBD.

The footprint of the proposed building is the same as the existing buildings. The size of Veterans Park is not decreased. I agree that the existing green spaces should be retained. While Canberra is a growing city, there is no need to turn it into a tar and concrete jungle!

Increasingly overdeveloped? I think you meant to write decreasing underdeveloped.

Veterans park won’t be missed. Canberra could do with better urban spaces that encourage mixing of people. The urban design in Canberra just doesn’t work, especially in the cooler months.

Looking at this file: http://203.9.249.2/e-registers/pubnote/pdf/PLAN-200915418-3d_Views_Sheet_1-01.pdf

It looks as though Veterans Park won’t actually be any different in size as to what it is now. It takes up roughly a third of the block at the present time and also in their concept.

Overdeveloped, underdeveloped… this argument is stupid: it’s neither. They’re keeping the park, and they’re increasing the size of the building beside it. Seems rather more balanced than usual to me…

over developed. you have to be kidding, it is terrible that civic has so few buildings as it is. more canberra centre developments the better, go to civic on a sunday and it is empty. it is a disgrace.