Thursday, March 5, 2015

interestingly enough. the web designer that said he would help build the site, he pulled out of it. Yet today, when i bumped into him, he started telling me why i don't look at the development project in place for the land. I explained to him that i'm not a visionary for this area, i just want to simply document the spaces, and just want to document the situation. I don't want to influence the project. I don't feel like being patronized by people that are pro development. I think the other thing is this, these areas are not owned by one person, you might have a man who is a director and large shareholder that owns the company now. Yet he might get the project approved and then sell his share and drop from the board, this can change the whole vision of any project. With the way economic things are these days. A property bubble burst in the UK could spin all companies back into the septic. So this was my email to the major at the start of the year.

You mentioned when we met in the cafe to send you any ideas that might be of interest.

I mentioned to you how the area of Darling Harbor in Sydney was developed into a city area for the people rather than just many apartments for people who could afford them. I like this area as that their are many open spaces with shops and services around for people, Ultimo/ Pyrmont. If you google before and after Darlin Harbor or Pyrmont, you will find many different views of that area. The integrated bridges into walkways, its really a big part of the Sydney experience.

Also, you can see this development here.http://www.citywesthousing.com.au/

This development is interesting, its owned by a commercial company, and in the same area Pyrmont next to darling harbor. As Pyrmont was historically a workers area, the flats were built so that lower middle and higher income earners would live together in the same building. People would show their tax return and would pay 30 percent each month of their income to private housing co-operative. This was an agreement that was made between the state and Lend lease, a large construction company in Australia, as i recall. Maybe Praha 7, could somehow do something similar.

I know that Czech has a totally different way of solving problems, yet maybe their is some sense to it.

I think its important that Praha 7 council do all they can to stop the continued destruction and neglect of old buildings in Praha 7. Just because some buildings were work places for the railways, does not make them any less or more important. Why the technical museum is a new construction, rather than making use of something historical and technical, is strange to me. The Pyrmont area also has http://www.powerhousemuseum.com .

Czech people that have lived in Sydney, will know this area.

I hope these ideas help. I guess you have a lot of work ahead of you, if you want to meet for a coffee to brush up on your English, let me know.

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