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Originally Posted by trofirhen
Never been to Melbourne, but would love to. As a larger, older city than Vancouver with more historic buildings, infrastructure of all kinds, it lends itself to being what it is IMO.
Nevertheless, do you think that Vanouver, not only with the passage of time and the maturation of the city, has any current buildings and infrastructure that could be enhanced,
à la Melbourne (though to a lesser degree, understandably) but potential that we are underusing, if one uses Melbourne as an "urban role model" in any way?
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I was there two weeks ago, I loved it and barely scratched the surface. The trains are good but the frequency seemed slow compared to here, 8-12 minutes seems cruel lol. I loved the big stations, they are well thought out, even if the escalators are backwards lol Its got a lot of quirky, and the laneways and side streets are packed with people and cafes and little shops. They are building a new underground metro with much more frequent service right now too and the coverage area looks well dense.
some faves
the casino complex is huge, it has some high end gucci and louis vuitton retail in it, a movie theatre, a huge gambling floor, tons of restaurants and really fancy high end bars and shoots flames at night outside.
southern cross station
the H&M store in a former post office
inside
Laneways packed with diners
The Queen Victoria shopping/building complex was really nice, had a big woolworths grocery store in the basement, off white, aesop, daiso quite a mix of retailers throughout
mixed in some old
some of the newer towers are really colourful, one going up now is almost rainbow like
train
and than surprises like this in a far off neighbourhood
with a great market
one of the other train stations
almost every cafe restaurant will have outside seating
this is work for the new underground metro about 5 minutes (i am guessing) from downtown to the east
mix
one of the entrances into probably one of the busier stations, Central Station with a multi level mall and tons of restaurant and big grocery store and market etc and I missed the tower
the tower part I missed
media3.trover.com
something new going up
The docklands area is still quite new and despite walkers it was quite dead but had potential, felt like the olympic village/coal harbour/north vancouver lonsdale quay area
A four points by Sheraton hotel
this one was cool, lots of people stop and look and comment about it
DSC_0179 by
snub_you, on Flickr
DSC_0173 by
snub_you, on Flickr
and does this look familiar?
DSC_0182 by
snub_you, on Flickr
they have a ferris wheel at their costco lol plaza area next to Costco in the Docklands area
The Emporium, a multi level shopping mall that is across the street from Melbourne Central which is also a shopping centre with more affordable shops, The Emporium is pretty fancy