tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post7625919734778814875..comments2023-08-26T01:09:07.337+12:00Comments on Reflections on Auckland Planning: Faux Park in TakapunaJoel Cayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-44324123381004954062012-09-24T08:35:25.866+12:002012-09-24T08:35:25.866+12:00As one of the Councillors who voted for the first ...As one of the Councillors who voted for the first "pocket Park" shown, although the argument was mitigation for road widening, the truth of the matter is many of us voted for it because there was insufficient parks in the ward. We also voted to buy a house and turn it into park in the Jutland Road area. Kaipatiki Local Board are planning doing the same on the corner of Bentley Ave and Vivienne Keohane (Kaipatiki Local Board)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-6311047924172065442012-09-23T21:03:03.413+12:002012-09-23T21:03:03.413+12:00One day, not so long ago, I came upon a landscape ...One day, not so long ago, I came upon a landscape gardener working on a property in my street. i stopped for a chat and learned that he had done his apprenticeship, many years ago, at the Auckland Domain. In the course of conversation I asked him why he thought so many of the smaller parks in Mt Eden were people free. His view was that everyone with a quarter acre section essentially has their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-15415971379088008332012-09-23T17:11:58.668+12:002012-09-23T17:11:58.668+12:00The above comment underlines the point I am making...The above comment underlines the point I am making. "....more pleasing to the eye than the mishmash of buildings it replaced..." That might be true, but that is all about how it looks to the passerby, rather than how it functions as a park.Joel Cayfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-19131902626833224112012-09-23T17:08:32.294+12:002012-09-23T17:08:32.294+12:00Actually this park is more pleasing to the eye tha...Actually this park is more pleasing to the eye than the eyesore of the mishmash of buildings which the park replaced. Is that meant to be a petenque course at the back...if so this was a waste of money surely. More pleasant to wait for the bus to Devonport at this "park" stop, rather than the next stop cold south on Lake Road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-82674323905252573922012-09-23T14:19:07.192+12:002012-09-23T14:19:07.192+12:00I pass these twice a day. I would not call them pa...I pass these twice a day. I would not call them parks either. I did once see a cat in the park at Hauraki corner, but never anyone two-legged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com