Richmond Football Club reveals Punt Rd makeover (Herald-Sun)

[Tigermonk]

always had a ambition to buy one of those double storey properties across from Punt rd ground just down a little from the pub.
There a couple of them slightly rundown & l like old houses like that. oneday it will happen  be it me or my son, maybe my youngest daughter when she marries Dale Thomas she said.   

Isnt that the massage parlour Monk ?

l dont know but l let you know when l come out   

Jack's right  .

  its the one next to it that l'm interested in, l be traveling to Melbourne this morning, so if l get time l will get down thier & take a few pics. l cant check out the other cause the wife be with me  anyway seems you & jack get in there often

[jackstar]

If you driving along Brunton Avenue and stop at the traffic lights at Punt Road, its directly in front of you. No Monk, I havent been in, parking is a problem, lol

[mightytiges]

always had a ambition to buy one of those double storey properties across from Punt rd ground just down a little from the pub.
There a couple of them slightly rundown & l like old houses like that. oneday it will happen  be it me or my son, maybe my youngest daughter when she marries Dale Thomas she said.   

Isnt that the massage parlour Monk ?

l dont know but l let you know when l come out   

Jack's right  .

  its the one next to it that l'm interested in

TM's just worked out why it was going cheaper than the others

Now you know why the new bicycle shop on Punt Rd when it advertises on tv fuzzy outs the building next to it 

[Fluffy Tiger]

Horrible

 

[Tigermonk]

TM's just worked out why it was going cheaper than the others

Now you know why the new bicycle shop on Punt Rd when it advertises on tv fuzzy outs the building next to it 

got my own Sattelite TV there MT so dont see ads on our TV  + we got local channels that dont have Melbourne ads but we can view Melbourne channels & thats fuzzy sometimes so we prob miss the bike shop   
never got time yesterday to go look, just back this morning & down again tomorrow oh the driving & petrol costs  anyway thats classed as buisness trip 

[the_boy_jake]

The look is a matter of taste

All of life is a dispute over matters of taste - Nietzsche

FWIW I don't mind it. You got the AFL draft and all these other centralising forces basically making all of the clubs the same. We could have built something generic but we decided to do something different. We could have built something old-fashioned to suit the JD stand but this shows we aren't looking to the past anymore.

[Infamy]

If we have to put up something ugly just to be different, I'd rather just follow the crowd thanks

[cub]

Driving home last night and looking accross, it wont be any worse than the old social club thats for sure.
Never liked Fed Square, but never really liked the Gas & Fuel towers either.
Will get used to it I spose, as long as there is space aside for the members to have pre and post game drinks and the kids have a kick of a footy on the oval.
A checkboard dancefloor and sticky carpet wouldn't go astray either 
We are still in best position of all the vic clubs as far as I am concerned.
We will have History mixed with our future at our original home right next door to our new home. No other club can have that  
Being right on the doorstep of the G we should be able to use this facility to its absolute max draining as much $$$ out of opposition supporters as we possibly can.
And most of all as much as possible, ensuring the Tigers exsitence for many years to come, so I can still watch them from the other side once I have departed.

Still ugly but meh  

[the_boy_jake]

If we have to put up something ugly just to be different, I'd rather just follow the crowd thanks

Truth is, we aren't going to know if its ugly for a while. Many pieces of architecture are intially, in public and critical opinion, ugly. Need I remind you of what they had to say about a certain tower in Paris in the late 19th century? Who would have thought the Golden Gate bridge could once be described as "an  eye-sore to those living and a betrayal of future generations". The point is that the context has not yet been formed. Change often sits uneasy with the human mind. Overcoming the fear of change is a worthwhile pursuit.

[2JD]

Change often sits uneasy with the human mind. Overcoming the fear of change is a worthwhile pursuit.

Thats very deep Jake lol
I actually dont mind it too much, you take a risk with anything that looks different, most people wont like it first up, us humans have a very high resistance to change. I reckon it will grow on us....and maybe we could get the Yellow Peril and have it as a garden ornament there lol






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[cub]

How old is this thing and how famous ...

Was astonished to say the least, When I started a new job in stkilda rd 4 years ago to find it lives just around the corner in Sturt St

[jackstar]

How old is this thing and how famous ...

Was astonished to say the least, When I started a new job in stkilda rd 4 years ago to find it lives just around the corner in Sturt St

Yep, the yellow peril is hidden just off sturt street , in front of the worst building in Melb

[Tigermonk]

Yep, the yellow peril is hidden just off sturt street , in front of the worst building in Melb

Looks like some sort of needle haven & a home for the homeless & tagger spot
All the money they spend on poo like this could be put forward to helping the homeless
OMFG is this next to the helipad near the Yarra River across from the Casino, l'm sure l walked past this somewhere maybe going to the Aquarium

[tigersalive]

As Malcolm blight would say . .

What a wank. 

[bushranger]

When the renavations go on I think that there should be a members walk. Where we paid whatever it will cost to have our name imprinted onto bricks. And these could lead up towards anywhere. But at least we all could walk along the path and look for our names. Just would add a little more human interest to it.