Hi all,Premier Malinauskas has a rare opportunity to transform two city precincts in one inspired move that could truly invigorate Adelaide.

He could have both a dynamic Festival Plaza and a revitalised Victoria Square precinct, by offering Walker Corporation land with decaying end-of-life government buildings on the eastern side of Victoria Square -- instead of on Festival Plaza.

This would turn a looming costly disaster into a potentially city-shaping solution: a rebirth of Adelaide, possibly for its 2036 Bicentenary.

This vision would deliver two live, pulsing centres:
An open low-rise Festival Plaza attracting millions each year -- and potentially bringing tens of millions into Adelaide’s economy.
A renewed Victoria Square precinct housing thousands and bringing life back to the city’s centre – and helping solve housing shortage.

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 A reminder that the current deal:
- gives away Festival Plaza public land for $1 a year for 100 years, 
- would legally allow around $35 million in rent per year to leave the state and
discards the huge civic and economic value of an open, welcoming plaza, and its potential for the celebration of global democracy.

The state is even responsible for end-of-lease demolition costs -- tens of millions at current value (far into the future, though, this would be).
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Adelaide is ahead of the pack with a city plan that is nearly two hundred years ahead of its time, with its emphasis on public spaces and squares, but must not be dragged backwards into failed 20th century thinking.

And it is open plazas that are the absolute hearts of modern cities. Our city badly needs the open low-rise cultural space that was promised.

In the face of looming disaster, the Premier has a tough call, but the opportunity of a lifetime to do something that would make him, and make his city, by enlivening it from end to end.

With the 2036 Bicentenary on the horizon the Commonwealth should be engaged to assist in this plan.

He cannot walk away from this challenge. We need two live zones – not two dead zones, and a new Adelaide that builds on the strengths of the old.

Thank you for persisting with the letters you have written, there is now a simple black and white choice:
If you can, please write briefly to tell the Premier he must act, that we want two areas invigorated, a potential rebirth of Adelaide - an Adelaide alive.

Very best, and thank you,

Rob

Robert Farnan
for Save Festival Plaza Alliance
SaveFestivalPlaza@gmail.com
https://savefestivalplaza.net

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