Construction
All throughout the city there is a lot of construction work going on. It seems to be mainly residential apartments being built, however, there is also the significant work on the Inner Northern Busway which has affected King George Square. Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson, a former Queensland Premier, coined the crane index as a measure of the economic wealth of the State. Via this simple mechanism one could believe that times are pretty good in Brisbane.
As I wandered the city streets I came across this example of some new apartments being built on the Riverside Expressway. This came on the back of news early last week that the Government is proposing a new North Bank development on the river. This particular development is known as Evolution in living. They always come up with interesting names to describe these new living spaces. The marketers must have a field day! This is a 37 level development with 178 apartments built by Citimark and expected to be completed sometime later this year. 
What attracted me to the building in the first place was not purely that it was a construction site. It was the Preston Skip hanging from the side of the building, filled with what appears to be plastic piping. The way the pipes were strewn throughout the bin actually appears quite artistic. Perhaps it will become the forecourt sculpture for the new building!
Cheers, I Love Brisbane, Wes.
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1 comment:
Dear wes. How times change. The inner-city apartment market was in a shambles in the late 90s, because Queenslanders just can't do without their backyards. Personally, I'm all for inner city living because it will help bring life to areas other than Queen St Mall and the Eagle St Pier on the weekends.
The crane index just cracks me up. Peter Beattie was in trouble a couple of years ago for revisiting that index.
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