ca_gere Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I think I might be in an advert for the shopping centre.Some camera crew came up to me (obviously because they like the 'hung-over look') and asked me to stare into the camera and say "It's Happening!"I can see the start of a new career on the horizon.Classic. Did you ask what exactly was 'happening'?I dunno where I stand on this thing. It's another faceless shopping centre that i'll never buy anything from but if it improves Aberdeen in any way (circulation/parking/etc), i'm all for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Classic. Did you ask what exactly was 'happening'?I dunno where I stand on this thing. It's another faceless shopping centre that i'll never buy anything from but if it improves Aberdeen in any way (circulation/parking/etc), i'm all for it.It's just a shame that it looks so shit. Would have been a great chance to have something designed well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 And what'll happen to Union Street, which already looks grubbier and shopper-hostile by the day.Hopefully, I'll actually be able to walk down it again without developing a loathing for my fellow man My hope for the centre is that it'll act like a huge idiot magnet, sucking them away from Aberdeen's metropolitan heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I dunno where I stand on this thing. It's another faceless shopping centre that i'll never buy anything from but if it improves Aberdeen in any way (circulation/parking/etc), i'm all for it.I'm unsure about the circulation thing, due to it being remote from the rest of the city centre.To get to it you either have to go through the Trinity Centre (Never gonna call it the Mall), down the stairs to the green, down Market or Bridge Street or under Union Street via Correction Wynd (by the grave yard), not the most accessible place for disabled people.Yes the bus station is there, but surely you would want to visit the other shopping areas.The crossing point between the Station hotel and the Trinity Centre simply will not cope with the foot fall as the majority of able bodied people will cut through the Trinity Centre, add the chaos that is Guild Street normally and i fear that there may be a few fatalities in that area in the coming months.Personally i think that when the Trinity Centre was built originally they should have done all the work to link everything up so that there was better access to Union Street from the train and bus station rather than what we have now.Also do we really need three fucking Next stores?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Also do we really need any fucking Next stores??Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Also do we really need three fucking Next stores??About as much as we needed another shopping centre.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 What a fucking terrible building this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Aberdeen City Centre is ridiculously disjointed.Saying that it's probably just as bad as other places, with shopping centres tending to not be bang in the middle of the high street, and occasionally being out of the way a bit. But the problem I see with Aberdeen is that the centres are close enough to the centre to walk to, that they completely take away shoppers from Union Street, meaning that shops are slowly closing, leaving empty buildings and absolutely no "heart" or "soul" to the centre, and far enough away from each other and particularly the top end of Union Street to ensure people who drive right to a shopping centre won't bother venturing up that way.For a small city, we have 5 shopping centres in the city centre, plus 3 retail parks not that far away from the centre, plus various bits around the town like the big Boots/B&Q, numerous MASSIVE supermarkets taking the trade away from independent stores etc.It's just killing the place in my opinion.I much prefer a wander around Inverurie which has quite a few independent shops, something a bit different, and looks nicer. The Royal Mile on Edinburgh is a good example of what a city could have in terms of a mix of independent stores, gimmicky stores, bars, restaurants, music venues, etc etc. But it is the capital city and gets shitloads of tourists. And it has a castle. What I like most about the Royal Mile is the way the buildings are all different, and have maintained their character. It just looks better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Has anyone seen the advert on TV for it yet?Cue man reading paper (I think) with loud music coming from upstairs. A teenage boy and girl kissing on a bed, and previously mentioned man walks in. They recoil, he turns up the music and starts doing the robot. "It's Happening".The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Has anyone seen the advert on TV for it yet?Cue man reading paper (I think) with loud music coming from upstairs. A teenage boy and girl kissing on a bed, and previously mentioned man walks in. They recoil, he turns up the music and starts doing the robot. "It's Happening".The end.By the sounds of things, it's not happening it's just sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 "Union Square - It's Sad" doesn't have the same ring to it though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 How about Union Square, it has lots for offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 "Union Square - It's Sad" doesn't have the same ring to it though...Maybe not but it does have the truth in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I've heard good things about Union Square, so I'm allowing that opinion to override all you negative nancys. Home made Burger place sounds tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I've heard good things about Union Square, so I'm allowing that opinion to override all you negative nancys. Home made Burger place sounds tits.Well I went to the red indian place and got a burger that made me wish I'd gone to Sizzlers but hey "It's Happening"Oh hell yeah.... it's happening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I'm going to avoid it as long as possible. When the Bon Accord Centre opened I vowed I'd never go into the place, as I liked George Street as it was, but eventually had to accompany my ageing mother a few times. Still prefer to skirt round it via Harriet Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I'm going to avoid it as long as possible. When the Bon Accord Centre opened I vowed I'd never go into the place, as I liked George Street as it was, but eventually had to accompany my ageing mother a few times. Still prefer to skirt round it via Harriet Street.jeepers iv'e got a double out there, thats almost identical to the message I was going to post. It took me about two years to go into the BA Centre & still prefer going via the sacred Harriet Bar route!!!!!!!! I dare say its a good time to go to shops in this areaHoping Yo Sushi has a good Vege choice for when I do go in eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 It's a total idiot magnet. I've been sitting at work for two hours now and the amount of stupid question I've had has been unreal. This is the first moment's piece I've had all morning because mongers keep coming up to ask when the cinema's opening, or where the New Look shop is, despite the fact that I'm surrounded by bus posters and am wearing a Stagecoach uniform. Fucking idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain burrito Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 i bet it's a change from "where's the fucking bus?!?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Did anyone else get accosted by a chef from Handmade Burger at the Blue Lamp last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Just been down to the centre, since my folks were through and wanted to check it out.Hated every second.Why wait in line for 30mins to go to a terrible chain restaurant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 From the sounds of things, it's just another soulless wreck of a place that'll be torn down in 40 years for something else. If you're going to open shopping centres - then it should be done like this - Stary Browar - gdzie ?ycie spotyka si? ze sztuk?It's built in an old brewery and actually is quite an upmarket place, yet is smack bang in the centre of the city here. They've forever got art exhibitions on and is even home to a hotel and bar that's clearly 20 years ahead of most of the world. They're forever holding exhibitions and shows inside - one weird thing was a Rolls Royce covered in flowers. This is how it should be done - instead of just being another bam magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 From the sounds of things, it's just another soulless wreck of a place that'll be torn down in 40 years for something else. If you're going to open shopping centres - then it should be done like this - Stary Browar - gdzie ?ycie spotyka si? ze sztuk?It's built in an old brewery and actually is quite an upmarket place, yet is smack bang in the centre of the city here. They've forever got art exhibitions on and is even home to a hotel and bar that's clearly 20 years ahead of most of the world. They're forever holding exhibitions and shows inside - one weird thing was a Rolls Royce covered in flowers. This is how it should be done - instead of just being another bam magnet.... you just can't help yourself, can you? Had a wee stroll around on my lunch break and I wasn't really feeling it. Aberdeen already has half the shops in Union Square elsewhere, so what's the point? Lazy fuckers coming off the bus/train won't have to walk an extra five minutes to get to the Bon Accord centre? It's a fuck-ugly building too, and it's full of annoying pisscakes (although I guess that's to be expected on opening weekend). I do quite fancy a homemade burger though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 If you're going to open shopping centres - then it should be done like this - Stary Browar - gdzie ?ycie spotyka si? ze sztuk?A Polish guy I was working with showed me that. Something to be proud of, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I agree Cloud, a bit of pride in the architecture wouldn't have gone amiss. Some creativity instead of a generic rent-a-mall. I mean, I still wouldn't go in but it'd be a nice addition to the landscape. There are some nice shopping centres dotted about the world but the ones that pull in the most money, im sure, are the ones where its wall to wall retail space. That fancy one in Glasgow is quite nice, I forget the name. But i'm sure the St Enoch centre attracts much more customers.But it's all about keeping the majority happy and not having to spend too much to do it. The target demographic (Bams with credit cards, Young girls with daddy's money, etc) love this type of shit and don't care that it's just another step towards homogenous commercialisation or what it looks like. It's just somewhere they can go to on a saturday all dressed up and buy tonnes of stuff in the one place. Ah well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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