If you Love Your Park Lands, like we do, you might occasionally hear criticism from people who have latched onto a Park Lands myth.
This month, we’re MYTH-BUSTING the claim that “new buildings are needed on Park Lands to help Adelaide come alive - to boost the city's vibrancy.”
We agree that events on Park Lands boost tourism and add to Adelaide's appeal for residents and visitors alike. However, concrete, bricks, walls and locked doors cannot create “vibrancy”.
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Non-stop "vibrancy" is impossible. Trends come and go. Once-popular pastimes and buildings eventually become stale, boring or irrelevant.
That's why most events on Park Lands use temporary structures, such as marquees. If we erect buildings for currently-fashionable purposes, then the buildings will stay on for generations, with their footprint overlaying your Park Lands.
If new buildings are really needed for "vibrancy" then they should be placed in City locations that won't effectively reduce your irreplaceable heritage of Park Lands.
Using buildings to create Park Lands “vibrancy” is a myth. Vibrancy is ephemeral. Buildings are not.
Estadio Lluís Sitjar, Mallorca (Spain) . It used to be very "vibrant".
See the other Park Lands Myth Busters https://www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/myth-busters
