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David Campbell
September 13 2007
Adelaide needs to learn a thing or two from Glenelg

Bec and I headed down to Jetty Road, Glenelg for dinner the other night.  We were amazed at the life of the place, even on a weekday evening.

So, dining alfresco watching the area come alive, we tried to work suss out what was giving Glenelg the vitality that city streets don’t have.

Here are three things we noticed:

All the shops were open.
Even on a weekday evening.  And with open shops, there is foot traffic.  It seems every year on the Easter long weekend there is a story on the news about Glenelg being open and alive, and Rundle Mall being closed and dead.

It is light and bright.
Strong lighting along the street, and the surrounding open areas gave the place an air of freshness and safety. 

There is a focus on footpath dining.
It’s one thing to have people enjoying themselves inside a venue, but the minute you promote outside dining you transfer the energy to the whole suburb.  Adelaide’s alfresco dining along Rundle and Gouger street is usually no more than a table on the footpath.

I absolutely intend to put a focus on bringing to life our dining precincts after dark by promoting longer shopping hours, better lighting and some consideration to the street and footpath design of the precincts.

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KEN THOMAS
Highett Victoria
Fri 05 Oct, 01:05PM

DAVID
HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM PERT THIS WEEK
AS PERTH IS ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS ADELAIDE
PERTH IS SO VIBRANT CLEAN AND EVERYTHING IS NEW
THE TRAINS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN LOVELY RESTAURANTS.PERFECT MANIC URED PARKS AND GARDENS.ADELAIDE NEEDS SOMEBODY IN THE COUNCIL
TO GET OFF THEIR BACKSIDES AND DO SOMETHING
ADELAIDE DOESN’T HAVE A DECENT SPORTS ARENA
ADELAIDE IS A NATIONAL JOKE ,IAM SURE SOMEONE COULD BRING ADELAIDE BACK TO IT’S FORMER GLORY IT CERTAINLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A BEAUTIFUL CITY AGAIN.THANKING YOU TO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT THROUGH THE NET

REGARDS KEN THOMAXS MELBOURNE

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ziad basheer
cafe piatto rundle street
Thu 04 Oct, 11:38PM

I totally aggree with everything on this web page and absolutely love the funny duddy video. There are a couple of points i would like to make, first of all regarding finding a place to eat is very easy, Cafe piatto in rundle street serves a full menu all day everyday.
Second with regards to Glenelg I take my hat and the rest of my clothes to its council. They are doing things the business owners like me only dream of. The one thing rundle street lacks is balance, there needs to be a more proactive approach to bring entertainment and life all year round not just in March. It could be a nice night in september and Glenelg will be buzzing because it has a balance of retail/entertainment/residential/food.
The beach house is a mecca for kids what does rundle street offer for kids?

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Carlie John
Adelaide
Fri 14 Sep, 07:38AM

David I totally agree with you!.
If there’s one thing that excites me about the Warmer months in Adelaide, it’s the fact that even on a Monday night - Jetty Road is alive! It’s such a great atmosphere to be amongst - I just wish Rundle Street could adapt the same atmosphere so I would want to spend more time there.

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David Campbell
Keep Adelaide Alive
Fri 14 Sep, 06:02AM

Michael, oddly enough I did the same thing about a month ago.  In other cities, Sunday is the day people head out for a lazy afternoon at a cafe or restaurant.

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Michael Williams
Adelaide
Thu 13 Sep, 11:18PM

You know David, it’s not just Adelaide in the evenings that is dead, it was only a few weeks ago I was looking for a restaurant to serve food on a Sunday afternoon. I drove almost every street of the city and with the exception of fast food outlets I was hard pressed to find a single restaurant in Adeladie I could get a meal from a 3pm on a Sunday!

Not only that, try and get a meal on Gouger Street between the hours of 3pm and 6pm even on a weekday. One of the major food precincts in the capital city of our state and the street is literally dead during these times. You’d be hard pressed to find any other capital city of the world like that.

Adelaide is seriously dead.

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