Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: With regard to place, in reply to Sam M,
This may not be the place to ask, but does anyone know what is going on with the path from this bit through to New Lynn? It is on the Council AT Website as a project but there has been no updates for over a year and no progress that I can see at all.
Don't know, sorry. I do know that the connecting paths from Point Chev are due to open soon – which might be the point at which I get my partner on a bike. Couple of side streets, one major road to cross and then it's safe all the way to Mangere Bridge.
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Hard News: With regard to place, in reply to Dave Waugh,
The “feathers” detail I would suspect is a “this’ll stop the buggers climbing up here” feature…. that or a variant on the anti bird installations you see all over the show in Wellington CBD.
I guess that might be the case – but it would be impossible to climb on the arch anyway.
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Hard News: With regard to place, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
That’s a very low balustrade, on the bridge that crosses the exposed motorway!
I’d have thought they would have applied the same thinking and structures that now stop people throwing things, or themselves, off Grafton Bridge.*
Yeah,interesting point – especially when you look at what was done over the Pink Path, with its high perspex walls. I'm glad though – it's nice to be able to see over the rails.
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Hard News: With regard to place, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
So, Friday we did the Waterveiw….and either I’m in recovery, or this is an especially well designed piece of infrastructure.
And, unfashionable as it might be to say so, the Waterview Connection is doing its job of taking traffic off local roads. That might not last, but it's very welcome for now.
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Some more on day one from Bike Auckland.
And from the same site, a look at the opening of the Alford Street bridge.
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And that panorama at full size. (Just click.)
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The present end of the path at Unitec. Coming soon …
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From that Bill Brewster mix. Chicago in 1968 as Chicago Transit Authority, with their incredible version of ‘I’m a Man’:
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Hard News: Friday Music: Sneaky…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
A good friend alerted to me to this tiny vignette of my early bad fashion choices (I miss that red corduroy shirt though).
Those jeans aren't very punk rock.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Sneaky…, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Thanks for this Russell. I got new hearing aids that have bluetooth capability, so I stream music direct to my ears!
That's awesome!
If you think there's a guest post for Access in it, I'll run it.
